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

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

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents known as the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's office said. Officers found the car with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outside Purple Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in line with the Facebook post.

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

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 Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week during which the canine attacked a girl who was walking. The woman remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, several canines began attacking the residents, inflicting considered one of them to maintain minor injuries and among the canines to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office stated. Officers then found Beard's body in the automobile, the sheriff's workplace said.

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

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

The Public Health Department did not instantly respond to a request for remark.