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

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

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents known as the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's office said. Officers discovered the car with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outside Crimson Bay, near the Mississippi line, in keeping with the Facebook put up.

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 workplace mentioned.

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 in which the canines attacked a girl who was walking. The lady remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of canines began attacking the residents, inflicting one of them to sustain minor accidents and some of the canines to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers then found Beard's physique in the car, the sheriff's office stated.

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

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

The Public Health Department didn't immediately reply to a request for comment.