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

An worker of the Alabama Division 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 one other assault involving the same dogs earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office mentioned Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced lifeless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents known as the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's office stated. Officers discovered the automobile with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outside Crimson Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in response to the Facebook post.

Beard is believed to have been making an attempt to contact the canine's owner — 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 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 in which the canines attacked a lady who was walking. The woman stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, several canines started attacking the residents, inflicting certainly one of them to sustain minor accidents and among the canine to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers then found Beard's body in the automotive, the sheriff's workplace said.

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

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

The Public Well being Division did not instantly respond to a request for comment.