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

An employee of the Alabama Division of Public Well being was killed by a pack of canines in the northwestern part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about another assault involving the same canine earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace mentioned Friday on Facebook.

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 discovered the automobile with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outdoors Red Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in response to the Fb post.

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

AL.com, the web site of a number of Alabama newspapers, reported that Beard was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor and a longtime worker of the Public Health Division. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week during which the canine attacked a girl who was strolling. The woman stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, several canine started attacking the residents, inflicting considered one of them to sustain minor accidents and among the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace mentioned. Officers then discovered Beard's physique within the car, the sheriff's office stated.

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

The Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace couldn't instantly be reached for comment.

The Public Health Division didn't instantly reply to a request for comment.