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

An worker of the Alabama Department of Public Well being was killed by a pack of dogs in the northwestern a part of the state last 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 Workplace stated Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's office said. Officers discovered the car with Beard's physique inside it in a rural space exterior Purple Bay, close to the Mississippi line, according to the Fb post.

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

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of canine began attacking the residents, inflicting one in all them to maintain minor accidents and among the canine to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office said. Officers then discovered Beard's body in the car, 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 Office could not immediately be reached for remark.

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