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

An employee of the Alabama Department of Public Health was killed by a pack of canine in the northwestern part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about another attack involving the same dogs earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace 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 car, the sheriff's office said. Officers discovered the automobile with Beard's physique inside it in a rural space outdoors Red Bay, near the Mississippi line, based on the Fb put up.

Beard is believed to have been making an attempt to contact the canine's proprietor — whom the sheriff's workplace recognized as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canine killed her, the sheriff's workplace 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 Well being Division. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week in which the dogs attacked a girl who was strolling. The lady stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, a number of canine started attacking the residents, causing one in every of them to sustain minor accidents and some of the canines to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers then discovered Beard's body within the automotive, the sheriff's office said.

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

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

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