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

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

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents known as the police to report a suspicious automobile, the sheriff's workplace stated. Officers found the automobile with Beard's physique inside it in a rural space outdoors Crimson Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in line with the Fb publish.

Beard is believed to have been trying to contact the canine's owner — whom the sheriff's office recognized as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the dogs killed her, the sheriff's workplace 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 Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week wherein the dogs attacked a woman who was walking. The woman stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, several canines started attacking the residents, causing considered one of them to sustain minor accidents and a few of the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers then discovered Beard's body 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 could not instantly be reached for comment.

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