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

An employee of the Alabama Department of Public Well being was killed by a pack of dogs within the northwestern a part of the state final 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 Fb.

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents called the police to report a suspicious automobile, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers found the automotive with Beard's physique inside it in a rural area outside Red Bay, close to the Mississippi line, according to the Facebook publish.

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

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 Well being Division. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier within the week wherein the canine attacked a lady who was walking. The girl stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of canines started attacking the residents, inflicting one among them to maintain minor injuries and among the dogs to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office said. Officers then found Beard's physique in the automobile, the sheriff's office said.

Dowdy was charged with manslaughter and is being held with out bail, public information show.

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

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