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

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

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced lifeless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents called the police to report a suspicious automobile, the sheriff's workplace stated. Officers discovered the car with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outside Purple Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in keeping with the Fb publish.

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 dogs killed her, the sheriff's office mentioned.

AL.com, the web site of several Alabama newspapers, reported that Beard was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor and a longtime employee of the Public Health Division. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier within the week during which the canines attacked a woman who was strolling. The woman stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of canine started attacking the residents, inflicting one of them to maintain minor accidents and a few of the canines to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office stated. Officers then found Beard's physique within the automotive, the sheriff's workplace said.

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

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

The Public Well being Division did not instantly reply to a request for remark.