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

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

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's workplace stated. Officers discovered the automotive with Beard's body inside it in a rural space exterior Red Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in line with the Facebook post.

Beard is believed to have been making an attempt to contact the canine's proprietor — whom the sheriff's workplace identified as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the dogs killed her, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

AL.com, the website of several 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 through which the canine attacked a girl who was walking. The woman remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, several canine started attacking the residents, inflicting considered one of them to maintain minor injuries and some of the canines to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office stated. Officers then discovered Beard's physique in the car, the sheriff's workplace said.

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

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

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