Alabama lady killed by pack of canines; owner charged with manslaughter

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

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced lifeless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents called the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers found the automotive with Beard's physique inside it in a rural space outside Purple Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in keeping with the Facebook submit.

Beard is believed to have been making an attempt to contact the dog's proprietor — whom the sheriff's workplace identified as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canines 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 Health Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier within the week by which the dogs attacked a lady who was walking. The girl remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of dogs started attacking the residents, inflicting certainly one of them to sustain minor accidents and a few of the canines to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace stated. Officers then found Beard's body in the automotive, the sheriff's office stated.

Dowdy was charged with manslaughter and is being held with out bail, public data present.

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

The Public Well being Department didn't immediately respond to a request for remark.