Alabama woman killed by pack of dogs; 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 last week as she was responding to a report about another attack involving the same canines earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace stated Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced lifeless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents known as the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's office said. Officers discovered the automotive with Beard's body inside it in a rural area exterior Pink Bay, close to the Mississippi line, based on the Fb post.

Beard is believed to have been trying to contact the canine's proprietor — whom the sheriff's office identified as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canine killed her, the sheriff's workplace 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 worker of the Public Well being Division. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week through which the canines attacked a woman who was strolling. The girl stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

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

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

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

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