Alabama girl killed by pack of canine; owner charged with manslaughter

An employee of the Alabama Division of Public Health was killed by a pack of canine in the northwestern a part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about one other attack involving the same dogs earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace stated Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents known as the police to report a suspicious automobile, the sheriff's office stated. Officers discovered the car with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outside Red Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in line with the Fb put up.

Beard is believed to have been making an attempt to contact the canine's proprietor — whom the sheriff's workplace recognized as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canine killed her, the sheriff's office 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 in which the dogs attacked a girl who was strolling. The girl stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, several dogs started attacking the residents, inflicting one of them to sustain minor injuries and among the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace mentioned. Officers then discovered Beard's body in the automotive, the sheriff's office stated.

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

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office could not immediately be reached for comment.

The Public Health Division did not immediately reply to a request for comment.