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

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

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents called the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's workplace stated. Officers found the automobile with Beard's body inside it in a rural space exterior Pink Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in response to the Fb post.

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

AL.com, the web site of a number of Alabama newspapers, reported that Beard was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor and a longtime worker of the Public Health Division. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week through which the dogs attacked a lady who was strolling. The woman remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

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

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

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

The Public Health Department did not immediately reply to a request for comment.