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

An employee of the Alabama Division of Public Health was killed by a pack of canines within 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 Office said Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer 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 found the car with Beard's physique inside it in a rural space exterior Purple Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in response to the Fb submit.

Beard is believed to have been making an attempt to contact the canine's proprietor — whom the sheriff's workplace identified as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canine killed her, the sheriff's office mentioned.

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

When officers arrived at the scene, a number of dogs began attacking the residents, causing certainly one of them to maintain minor injuries and a number of the dogs to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers then discovered Beard's physique within the car, the sheriff's office said.

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

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

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