Alabama girl killed by pack of canine; proprietor charged with manslaughter

An worker of the Alabama Division of Public Well being was killed by a pack of canines within the northwestern a part of the state last week as she was responding to a report about one other attack involving the same dogs earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office stated Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents known as the police to report a suspicious automobile, the sheriff's workplace mentioned. Officers found the car with Beard's physique inside it in a rural area exterior Crimson Bay, near the Mississippi line, based on the Facebook publish.

Beard is believed to have been making an attempt to contact the canine's proprietor — whom the sheriff's office identified as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the dogs killed her, the sheriff's office mentioned.

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 Health Division. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week wherein the dogs attacked a lady who was walking. The woman stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of canine started attacking the residents, causing one of them to sustain minor accidents and some of the canines to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's workplace mentioned. Officers then discovered Beard's physique in the automotive, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

Dowdy was charged with manslaughter and is being held without bail, public information show.

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

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