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

An employee of the Alabama Division of Public Well being was killed by a pack of canine in the northwestern part of the state last week as she was responding to a report about one other assault involving the same canine earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office stated Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious automobile, the sheriff's workplace mentioned. Officers discovered the car with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outside Purple Bay, near the Mississippi line, in keeping with the Fb put up.

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

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

When officers arrived on the scene, several dogs started attacking the residents, inflicting one in all them to sustain minor injuries and among the dogs to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office stated. Officers then discovered Beard's body within the automobile, the sheriff's workplace said.

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

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

The Public Health Department didn't immediately reply to a request for comment.