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

An employee of the Alabama Department of Public Well being was killed by a pack of dogs 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 Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced lifeless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's workplace mentioned. Officers discovered the car with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outdoors Crimson Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in response to the Facebook submit.

Beard is believed to have been trying to contact the canine's owner — whom the sheriff's workplace identified as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canines killed her, the sheriff's office stated.

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 in the week in which the canines attacked a woman who was walking. The lady remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of dogs started attacking the residents, causing one in every of them to sustain minor injuries and a few of the dogs to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office stated. Officers then found Beard's body in the car, the sheriff's office said.

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

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

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