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

An worker of the Alabama Division of Public Well being was killed by a pack of canines in the northwestern part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about another assault involving the same canine earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace said Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced lifeless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents called the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's workplace stated. Officers discovered the automotive with Beard's physique inside it in a rural area exterior Pink Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in accordance with the Facebook publish.

Beard is believed to have been trying to contact the canine's owner — whom the sheriff's workplace recognized 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 employee of the Public Well being Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week wherein the dogs attacked a lady who was strolling. The lady remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of canines started attacking the residents, inflicting certainly one of them to maintain minor accidents and a few of the canines to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's workplace mentioned. Officers then discovered Beard's body in the automotive, the sheriff's office mentioned.

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

The Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace could not immediately be reached for comment.

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