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

An worker of the Alabama Department of Public Health was killed by a pack of dogs in the northwestern a part of the state last week as she was responding to a report about one other assault involving the identical dogs earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office mentioned Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers found the car with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outside Purple Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in response to the Fb put up.

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

AL.com, the web site of a number of Alabama newspapers, reported that Beard was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor and a longtime worker of the Public Health Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier within the week through which the canines attacked a lady who was strolling. The girl stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of canines began attacking the residents, causing one among them to maintain minor accidents and a number of the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers then found Beard's physique within the car, the sheriff's workplace stated.

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

The Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace could not immediately be reached for remark.

The Public Health Division did not instantly reply to a request for remark.