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

An worker of the Alabama Division of Public Health was killed by a pack of canines in the northwestern a part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about another attack involving the identical canine earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office said Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's workplace stated. Officers discovered the car with Beard's physique inside it in a rural space outside Crimson Bay, near the Mississippi line, according to the Fb submit.

Beard is believed to have been trying to contact the canine's owner — whom the sheriff's workplace recognized as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canines killed her, the sheriff's office stated.

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 Well being Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week in which the canines attacked a lady who was strolling. The girl stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of canine started attacking the residents, causing one in every of them to maintain minor injuries and among the canines to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's workplace stated. Officers then found Beard's body in the automotive, the sheriff's office stated.

Dowdy was charged with manslaughter and is being held with out bail, public records present.

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

The Public Well being Division didn't instantly respond to a request for remark.