Alabama girl killed by pack of canines; proprietor charged with manslaughter

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

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents called the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's office stated. Officers discovered the automotive with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outdoors Purple Bay, close to the Mississippi line, based on the Fb post.

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

AL.com, the website of several 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 by which the canine attacked a lady who was walking. The woman remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

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

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

The Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace could not immediately be reached for remark.

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