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

An worker 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 within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office mentioned Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced lifeless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents called the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers found the automobile with Beard's physique inside it in a rural space exterior Crimson Bay, near the Mississippi line, in keeping with the Facebook post.

Beard is believed to have been making an attempt to contact the canine's proprietor — whom the sheriff's workplace identified as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the dogs killed her, the sheriff's office said.

AL.com, the web site of a number of Alabama newspapers, reported that Beard was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor and a longtime employee of the Public Well being Division. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week through which the dogs attacked a woman who was strolling. The lady remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, several canine started attacking the residents, causing certainly one of them to sustain minor accidents and some of the canines to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office said. Officers then discovered Beard's physique in the automobile, the sheriff's workplace stated.

Dowdy was charged with manslaughter and is being held without bail, public information present.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office couldn't instantly be reached for comment.

The Public Well being Division didn't immediately reply to a request for comment.