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

An worker of the Alabama Department of Public Well being was killed by a pack of canines in the northwestern part of the state last week as she was responding to a report about one other assault involving the same canines earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office mentioned Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer 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 car with Beard's body inside it in a rural space exterior Red Bay, near the Mississippi line, in response to the Fb 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 web site of several Alabama newspapers, reported that Beard was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor and a longtime employee of the Public Health Division. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier within the week by which the dogs attacked a woman who was walking. The woman stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of canine started attacking the residents, causing considered one of them to maintain minor injuries and among the dogs to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office stated. Officers then found Beard's physique within the automotive, the sheriff's workplace said.

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

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

The Public Health Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.