Alabama girl 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 a part of the state last week as she was responding to a report about one other attack involving the identical dogs earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office mentioned Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents known as the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's workplace stated. Officers found the automobile with Beard's physique inside it in a rural area exterior Pink Bay, near the Mississippi line, based on the Fb put up.

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

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 canines attacked a lady who was strolling. The girl remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of canines began attacking the residents, causing one in every of them to maintain minor injuries and a number of the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office stated. Officers then found Beard's body in the automobile, the sheriff's workplace stated.

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

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

The Public Well being Department didn't instantly respond to a request for comment.