Alabama girl killed by pack of canine; proprietor charged with manslaughter

An worker of the Alabama Department of Public Health was killed by a pack of canine within the northwestern part of the state last week as she was responding to a report about another attack involving the identical dogs earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace said Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced lifeless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents called the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers found the car with Beard's body inside it in a rural area exterior Red Bay, close to the Mississippi line, based on the Fb put up.

Beard is believed to have been making an attempt to contact the canine's owner — whom the sheriff's office recognized as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canines killed her, the sheriff's workplace said.

AL.com, the website of several 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 within the week in which the canines attacked a lady who was strolling. The girl stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, a number of canine began attacking the residents, inflicting certainly one of them to sustain minor accidents and some of the canines to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace mentioned. Officers then found Beard's body within the automobile, the sheriff's office mentioned.

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

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

The Public Well being Division didn't immediately respond to a request for remark.