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

An employee of the Alabama Division of Public Health was killed by a pack of canines in the northwestern part of the state last week as she was responding to a report about another assault involving the same canine earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office mentioned Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents known as the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers discovered the car with Beard's body inside it in a rural space exterior Red Bay, near the Mississippi line, according to the Facebook put up.

Beard is believed to have been trying to contact the dog's proprietor — whom the sheriff's office identified as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the dogs killed her, the sheriff's office stated.

AL.com, the website 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 within the week by which the canines attacked a lady who was walking. The woman stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, several canines started attacking the residents, causing one in all them to maintain minor accidents and some of the dogs to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers then discovered Beard's physique in the automobile, the sheriff's workplace stated.

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

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

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