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

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

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents known as the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's workplace stated. Officers found the automobile with Beard's body inside it in a rural area outside Crimson Bay, near the Mississippi line, in accordance with the Fb put up.

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 canines killed her, the sheriff's office stated.

AL.com, the website 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 in the week wherein the canines attacked a woman who was strolling. The woman stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

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

The Public Well being Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.