Alabama woman killed by pack of canine; owner charged with manslaughter

An worker of the Alabama Division of Public Well being was killed by a pack of dogs within the northwestern a part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about another assault involving the identical dogs earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace said Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents called the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers found the automotive with Beard's body inside it in a rural area exterior Crimson Bay, near the Mississippi line, based on the Facebook put up.

Beard is believed to have been trying to contact the dog's proprietor — whom the sheriff's workplace identified as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canine killed her, the sheriff's office said.

AL.com, the web site of several Alabama newspapers, reported that Beard was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor and a longtime employee of the Public Well being Division. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week in which the canines attacked a girl who was strolling. The girl remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, a number of canines began attacking the residents, inflicting one among them to sustain minor accidents and a few of the dogs to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers then found Beard's body within the automotive, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

Dowdy was charged with manslaughter and is being held with out bail, public records show.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace couldn't immediately be reached for remark.

The Public Well being Department did not immediately respond to a request for remark.