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

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

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents known as the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers found the automobile with Beard's physique inside it in a rural area exterior Red Bay, near the Mississippi line, according to the Fb put up.

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

AL.com, the website of several Alabama newspapers, reported that Beard was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor and a longtime worker of the Public Well being Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier within the week through which the dogs attacked a woman who was strolling. The lady stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, several canine began attacking the residents, inflicting considered one of them to sustain minor injuries and a few of the canines to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office stated. Officers then found Beard's physique within the automobile, the sheriff's office said.

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

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

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