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

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

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's workplace mentioned. Officers found the automotive with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outdoors Pink Bay, near the Mississippi line, according to the Fb submit.

Beard is believed to have been making an attempt to contact the dog's owner — whom the sheriff's office identified as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the dogs 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 employee of the Public Health Division. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week by which the dogs attacked a woman who was strolling. The lady remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, a number of canine began attacking the residents, inflicting one in all them to maintain minor injuries and a few of the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace mentioned. Officers then found Beard's physique in the automotive, the sheriff's office said.

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

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

The Public Well being Division did not immediately reply to a request for remark.