Alabama lady killed by pack of canine; owner charged with manslaughter

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

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers discovered the automotive with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outside Pink Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in response to the Fb post.

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

AL.com, the website 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 in which the canine attacked a girl who was strolling. The lady remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, a number of dogs began attacking the residents, inflicting considered one of them to sustain minor injuries and a number of the canines to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office said. Officers then found Beard's body in the automobile, the sheriff's workplace said.

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

The Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace couldn't instantly be reached for remark.

The Public Health Division didn't immediately reply to a request for remark.