Alabama girl killed by pack of canines; 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 identical dogs earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace stated Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents called the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's workplace mentioned. Officers found the automobile with Beard's body inside it in a rural area exterior Pink Bay, near the Mississippi line, in accordance with the Fb put up.

Beard is believed to have been attempting to contact the canine's owner — whom the sheriff's office identified as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the dogs killed her, the sheriff's office mentioned.

AL.com, the website of a number of Alabama newspapers, reported that Beard was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor and a longtime employee of the Public Health Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier within the week by which the dogs attacked a girl who was strolling. The woman stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of canine began attacking the residents, inflicting 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 in the automobile, the sheriff's workplace said.

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

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

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