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

An worker of the Alabama Department of Public Well being was killed by a pack of canine in the northwestern a 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 season Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious automobile, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers discovered the car with Beard's physique inside it in a rural space outside Red Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in keeping with the Fb publish.

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

AL.com, the website of several 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 in which the dogs attacked a lady who was strolling. The lady remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of canines started attacking the residents, causing considered one of them to maintain minor injuries and a number of the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office said. Officers then found Beard's physique in the automotive, the sheriff's office said.

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

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

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