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

An worker of the Alabama Division of Public Health was killed by a pack of dogs in the northwestern part of the state last week as she was responding to a report about another attack involving the identical dogs earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace stated Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious automobile, the sheriff's office stated. Officers discovered the car with Beard's body inside it in a rural area outdoors Purple Bay, close to the Mississippi line, according to the Fb publish.

Beard is believed to have been trying to contact the canine's proprietor — whom the sheriff's workplace recognized as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canines killed her, the sheriff's office said.

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 Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week by which the canine attacked a lady who was walking. The lady stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of canine began attacking the residents, causing considered one of them to maintain minor injuries and a few of the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office said. Officers then discovered Beard's body within the automobile, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

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

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

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