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

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

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious automobile, the sheriff's office stated. Officers found the car with Beard's physique inside it in a rural area outside Purple Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in line with the Facebook 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 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 through which the canine attacked a lady who was strolling. The girl stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

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

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

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

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