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

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

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents known as the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's workplace stated. Officers discovered the automobile with Beard's physique inside it in a rural area outside Red Bay, close to the Mississippi line, based on the Facebook submit.

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

AL.com, the website of a number of 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 in which the dogs attacked a lady who was walking. The girl stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, several dogs began attacking the residents, causing one in every of them to sustain minor injuries and a few of the dogs to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers then found Beard's physique within the automobile, the sheriff's office stated.

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

The Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

The Public Well being Department did not immediately respond to a request for remark.