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 canines in the northwestern part of the state last week as she was responding to a report about another attack involving the identical canines earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office stated Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's office stated. Officers found the car with Beard's body inside it in a rural area outdoors Purple Bay, near the Mississippi line, in line with the Fb publish.

Beard is believed to have been trying to contact the canine's proprietor — whom the sheriff's office recognized 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 in the week during which the canine attacked a lady who was walking. The girl stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, several canines began attacking the residents, causing one in every of them to sustain minor accidents and some of the dogs to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers then found Beard's physique within the automobile, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

Dowdy was charged with manslaughter and is being held with out bail, public records show.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office could not instantly be reached for comment.

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