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

An employee of the Alabama Department of Public Health was killed by a pack of dogs within the northwestern a part of the state last 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 Workplace mentioned Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents known as the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers found the automotive with Beard's physique inside it in a rural area exterior Crimson Bay, near the Mississippi line, in keeping with the Facebook put up.

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

AL.com, the website of several Alabama newspapers, reported that Beard was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor and a longtime employee of the Public Well being 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 walking. The girl stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, several canines started attacking the residents, causing considered one of them to sustain minor injuries and a number of the canine to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers then found Beard's physique in the automobile, the sheriff's workplace stated.

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

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 remark.