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

An employee of the Alabama Department of Public Health was killed by a pack of canines in the northwestern part of the state last week as she was responding to a report about another assault involving the same canine earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office mentioned 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 car, the sheriff's office said. Officers discovered the automobile with Beard's physique inside it in a rural area exterior Pink Bay, near the Mississippi line, based on the Fb publish.

Beard is believed to have been attempting to contact the canine's proprietor — whom the sheriff's office identified 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 worker of the Public Well being Division. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier within the week wherein the canine attacked a lady who was strolling. The lady remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of dogs began attacking the residents, inflicting one in every of them to maintain minor accidents and among the canines to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office stated. Officers then discovered Beard's physique in the automotive, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

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

The Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace couldn't immediately be reached for remark.

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