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

An worker of the Alabama Division of Public Health was killed by a pack of canine in the northwestern part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about one other assault involving the identical canines earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace said Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents known as the police to report a suspicious automobile, the sheriff's office said. Officers found the automotive with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outside Red Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in line with the Fb submit.

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

AL.com, the website of a number of Alabama newspapers, reported that Beard was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor and a longtime worker of the Public Well being Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week by which the dogs attacked a woman who was walking. The lady remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, several dogs began attacking the residents, inflicting one in every of them to maintain minor injuries and some of the dogs to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers then discovered Beard's body within the automobile, the sheriff's office mentioned.

Dowdy was charged with manslaughter and is being held without bail, public records present.

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

The Public Well being Division didn't instantly reply to a request for remark.