Alabama girl 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 final week as she was responding to a report about another attack involving the same canines earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office said Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced lifeless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents called the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers found the automobile with Beard's body inside it in a rural area outside Red Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in accordance with the Fb publish.

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

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 through which the dogs attacked a girl who was strolling. The woman stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, a number of canines began attacking the residents, inflicting one among them to sustain minor accidents and among the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office stated. Officers then discovered Beard's body in the car, the sheriff's workplace said.

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

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

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