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

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

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's workplace mentioned. Officers found the car with Beard's body inside it in a rural area outdoors Pink Bay, near the Mississippi line, in line with the Facebook put up.

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

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 Health Department. 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 strolling. The woman stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

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

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

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office couldn't instantly be reached for comment.

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