Alabama woman killed by pack of canines; owner charged with manslaughter

An worker of the Alabama Division of Public Health was killed by a pack of canine within the northwestern a part of the state last week as she was responding to a report about another attack involving the same canine earlier in 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 local residents known 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 exterior Pink Bay, near the Mississippi line, based on the Fb submit.

Beard is believed to have been making an attempt to contact the dog's proprietor — whom the sheriff's office recognized as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the dogs killed her, the sheriff's workplace 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 worker of the Public Health Division. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week during which the canine attacked a lady who was strolling. The girl remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, several dogs started attacking the residents, inflicting one among them to sustain minor injuries and a few of the canines to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office stated. 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 present.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office could not immediately be reached for comment.

The Public Well being Department did not instantly respond to a request for remark.