Alabama girl killed by pack of canine; proprietor charged with manslaughter

An worker of the Alabama Department of Public Well being was killed by a pack of dogs in the northwestern a part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about one other assault involving the same canines earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace stated Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents known as the police to report a suspicious automobile, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers discovered the car with Beard's body inside it in a rural space exterior Crimson Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in accordance with the Fb submit.

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

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 by 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 canine started attacking the residents, inflicting one in all them to maintain minor accidents and a number of the dogs to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office stated. Officers then discovered Beard's physique within the automotive, the sheriff's office said.

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

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

The Public Well being Division did not immediately reply to a request for comment.