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 dogs in the northwestern part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about one other assault involving the identical dogs earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office said Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious automobile, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers discovered the automotive with Beard's body inside it in a rural space exterior Pink Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in line with the Facebook post.

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

AL.com, the web site 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 wherein the dogs attacked a woman who was strolling. The girl remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, several canines began attacking the residents, inflicting one in every of them to maintain minor injuries and a few of the dogs to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office said. Officers then discovered Beard's physique in the automobile, the sheriff's office said.

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

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office could not instantly be reached for comment.

The Public Health Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.