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

An worker of the Alabama Department of Public Well being was killed by a pack of canine in the northwestern part of the state last week as she was responding to a report about another attack involving the same canine earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace said Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer 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 stated. Officers discovered the automobile with Beard's physique inside it in a rural space outside Pink Bay, near the Mississippi line, in response to the Fb submit.

Beard is believed to have been attempting to contact the canine's owner — whom the sheriff's workplace identified as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canine killed her, the sheriff's workplace stated.

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 in the week through which the dogs attacked a woman who was strolling. The woman remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of dogs started attacking the residents, inflicting one of them to maintain minor accidents and a number of the canines to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office said. Officers then discovered Beard's physique in the car, the sheriff's workplace said.

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 Division did not immediately respond to a request for remark.