Alabama girl killed by pack of dogs; owner charged with manslaughter

An employee of the Alabama Department of Public Health was killed by a pack of canines in the northwestern part of the state last week as she was responding to a report about one other assault involving the same dogs earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace mentioned Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents called the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's office stated. Officers discovered the car with Beard's physique inside it in a rural area outside Purple Bay, near the Mississippi line, in response to the Facebook submit.

Beard is believed to have been trying to contact the dog's proprietor — whom the sheriff's workplace identified as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the dogs killed her, the sheriff's office mentioned.

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 in the week during which the canine attacked a girl who was walking. The girl stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of dogs began attacking the residents, causing one in all them to sustain minor injuries and a number of the dogs to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office said. Officers then discovered Beard's body within the car, 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 comment.

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