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

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

Jacqueline Summer season 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 mentioned. Officers discovered the automotive with Beard's physique inside it in a rural area exterior Crimson Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in response to the Fb post.

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 dogs killed her, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

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 in which the dogs attacked a lady who was walking. The lady remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of dogs began attacking the residents, inflicting one in every of them to sustain minor injuries and among the canine to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers then found Beard's body in the automotive, the sheriff's office stated.

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

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

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