Alabama lady killed by pack of canines; owner 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 one other attack involving the same dogs earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office mentioned Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents known as the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers found the automobile with Beard's physique inside it in a rural area outdoors Purple Bay, near the Mississippi line, in line with the Fb put up.

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

AL.com, the website of several Alabama newspapers, reported that Beard was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor and a longtime worker of the Public Health Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier within the week during which the dogs attacked a lady who was walking. The girl remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, several canines began attacking the residents, inflicting one of them to sustain minor accidents and among the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office stated. Officers then discovered Beard's physique within the automobile, the sheriff's workplace said.

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

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

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