Alabama woman killed by pack of dogs; 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 assault involving the identical canines earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office mentioned Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious automobile, the sheriff's office stated. Officers found the car with Beard's body inside it in a rural area outdoors Purple Bay, near the Mississippi line, in response to the Fb submit.

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

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 Well being Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier within the week through which the dogs attacked a lady who was strolling. The girl stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of dogs began attacking the residents, inflicting certainly one of them to maintain minor injuries and among the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers then found Beard's body within the car, the sheriff's workplace stated.

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

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

The Public Health Department did not immediately reply to a request for remark.