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

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

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents known as the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers found the automobile with Beard's body inside it in a rural space exterior Pink Bay, near the Mississippi line, based on the Facebook publish.

Beard is believed to have been making an attempt to contact the dog's owner — whom the sheriff's workplace recognized as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canines killed her, the sheriff's workplace stated.

AL.com, the website of several Alabama newspapers, reported that Beard was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor and a longtime employee of the Public Well being 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 strolling. The woman stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of dogs started attacking the residents, inflicting one in every of them to sustain minor injuries and a number of the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers then found Beard's physique in the car, the sheriff's office said.

Dowdy was charged with manslaughter and is being held without bail, public records show.

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

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