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

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

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced lifeless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious automobile, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers found the car with Beard's physique inside it in a rural area exterior Crimson Bay, near the Mississippi line, according to the Fb put up.

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

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 Division. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week wherein the canine attacked a woman who was strolling. The girl remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, several canines started attacking the residents, inflicting considered one of them to sustain minor accidents and among the dogs to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's workplace stated. Officers then found Beard's physique in the automotive, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

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

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

The Public Health Division didn't instantly respond to a request for remark.