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

An worker of the Alabama Division of Public Well being 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 assault involving the same canines earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office mentioned Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents called the police to report a suspicious automobile, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers found the automobile with Beard's body inside it in a rural area outdoors Pink Bay, near the Mississippi line, in response to the Fb submit.

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

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 within the week wherein the canine attacked a girl who was walking. The lady remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of dogs started attacking the residents, inflicting one in every of them to sustain minor injuries and among the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers then found Beard's body in the automobile, the sheriff's office mentioned.

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

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

The Public Well being Division didn't instantly reply to a request for remark.