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

An employee of the Alabama Department of Public Well being was killed by a pack of canine within the northwestern part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about one other assault involving the same canine earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office stated 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 automobile, the sheriff's office said. Officers discovered the automobile with Beard's physique inside it in a rural space exterior Purple Bay, near the Mississippi line, in accordance with the Fb submit.

Beard is believed to have been making an attempt to contact the canine's owner — whom the sheriff's workplace 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 employee of the Public Health Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week wherein the canines attacked a woman who was walking. The woman remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, several canine began attacking the residents, causing one among them to maintain minor injuries and a few of the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace stated. Officers then found Beard's physique in the automotive, the sheriff's office said.

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

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

The Public Well being Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.