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

An worker 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 another attack involving the identical canines earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office said Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents called the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers discovered the automobile with Beard's physique inside it in a rural space outdoors Pink Bay, near the Mississippi line, in accordance with the Fb submit.

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

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 Division. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week during which the canines attacked a girl who was walking. The woman stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, a number of canines started attacking the residents, inflicting one of them to sustain minor accidents and among the canines to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers then found Beard's body within the automotive, the sheriff's workplace said.

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

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

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