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

An worker of the Alabama Division of Public Health was killed by a pack of canine within the northwestern a part of the state last week as she was responding to a report about another assault involving the identical canines earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace said Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced lifeless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents called the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers found the automobile with Beard's physique inside it in a rural area exterior Red Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in accordance with the Fb put up.

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

When officers arrived at the scene, several dogs started attacking the residents, inflicting considered one of them to sustain minor accidents and a few of the dogs to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office stated. Officers then found Beard's physique in the automotive, the sheriff's office mentioned.

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

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office couldn't immediately be reached for remark.

The Public Well being Division did not instantly reply to a request for remark.