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

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

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents known as the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's office stated. Officers discovered the automobile with Beard's body inside it in a rural space exterior Pink Bay, close to the Mississippi line, based on 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 canine killed her, the sheriff's workplace 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 worker of the Public Well being Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier within the week during which the dogs attacked a woman who was walking. The woman remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, several dogs began attacking the residents, inflicting certainly one of them to sustain minor accidents and a few of the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office said. Officers then discovered Beard's physique in the automotive, the sheriff's office said.

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

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

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