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

An employee of the Alabama Department 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 another assault involving the same canine earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office stated Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced lifeless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents known as the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's office stated. Officers found the automotive with Beard's body inside it in a rural space exterior Pink Bay, near the Mississippi line, in accordance with the Facebook put up.

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

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

When officers arrived on the scene, several canine started attacking the residents, inflicting one in every of them to sustain minor accidents and among the dogs to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers then discovered Beard's physique within the car, the sheriff's workplace stated.

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

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

The Public Well being Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.