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

An employee of the Alabama Division of Public Well being was killed by a pack of canines 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 said Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious automobile, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers discovered the automobile with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outside Crimson Bay, near the Mississippi line, based on the Fb put up.

Beard is believed to have been attempting to contact the dog's proprietor — whom the sheriff's office recognized as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canines 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 during which the canine attacked a lady who was walking. The woman stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, several dogs started attacking the residents, inflicting considered one of them to sustain minor injuries and a number of the dogs to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers then found Beard's body within the car, the sheriff's office mentioned.

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

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

The Public Health Department didn't instantly reply to a request for comment.