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

An worker of the Alabama Division of Public Health was killed by a pack of canines in the northwestern part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about one other attack involving the identical dogs earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace said Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced lifeless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents known as the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers discovered the car with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outside Purple Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in response to the Facebook put up.

Beard is believed to have been attempting to contact the canine's owner — whom the sheriff's workplace identified as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canine killed her, the sheriff's workplace 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 worker of the Public Health Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week wherein the canine attacked a girl who was strolling. The woman stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of canine started attacking the residents, causing one of them to sustain minor accidents and a number of the canine to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers then discovered Beard's physique in the car, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

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

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

The Public Health Division didn't instantly respond to a request for remark.