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

An employee of the Alabama Department 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 same canine earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace said Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced lifeless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents called the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers discovered the car with Beard's body inside it in a rural area exterior Purple Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in response to the Facebook submit.

Beard is believed to have been making an attempt to contact the canine's proprietor — whom the sheriff's workplace identified as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canine killed her, the sheriff's office mentioned.

AL.com, the web site of several Alabama newspapers, reported that Beard was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor and a longtime worker of the Public Well being Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week in which the canines attacked a lady who was walking. The woman remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, several canines began attacking the residents, causing considered one of them to sustain minor injuries and some of the canine to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's workplace mentioned. Officers then discovered Beard's body within the car, the sheriff's workplace said.

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

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

The Public Well being Department did not instantly respond to a request for comment.