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

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

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced lifeless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents called the police to report a suspicious automobile, the sheriff's workplace mentioned. Officers discovered the car with Beard's body inside it in a rural area outside Pink Bay, near the Mississippi line, according to the Facebook submit.

Beard is believed to have been attempting to contact the canine's owner — whom the sheriff's workplace recognized as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canine killed her, the sheriff's workplace stated.

AL.com, the web site of a number of 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 in which the dogs attacked a lady who was strolling. The woman stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of canines started attacking the residents, inflicting one of them to maintain minor injuries and a few of the canine to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office stated. Officers then discovered 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 instantly be reached for comment.

The Public Health Division did not immediately respond to a request for comment.