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

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

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

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

AL.com, the website of several Alabama newspapers, reported that Beard was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor and a longtime worker of the Public Well being Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week in which the dogs attacked a woman who was strolling. The woman stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of dogs started attacking the residents, causing one in every of them to maintain minor accidents and among the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office said. Officers then discovered Beard's body in the automobile, the sheriff's office said.

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

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

The Public Health Department didn't instantly respond to a request for comment.