Alabama lady killed by pack of dogs; proprietor charged with manslaughter

An worker of the Alabama Division of Public Health was killed by a pack of dogs within the northwestern part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about one other attack involving the same canines earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office said Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced lifeless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents called the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's office said. Officers found the car with Beard's body inside it in a rural area outdoors Pink Bay, close to the Mississippi line, based on the Fb post.

Beard is believed to have been attempting to contact the canine's owner — whom the sheriff's workplace recognized as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the dogs killed her, the sheriff's workplace 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 Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week through which the dogs attacked a woman who was walking. The lady remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, several canines started attacking the residents, causing one in every of them to maintain minor injuries and some of the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers then found Beard's body within the automotive, the sheriff's workplace stated.

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

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

The Public Health Department didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.