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

An worker of the Alabama Department of Public Health was killed by a pack of canine in the northwestern a part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about one other assault involving the same canines earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office stated Friday on Fb.

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 stated. Officers discovered the automobile with Beard's physique inside it in a rural space outside Crimson Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in line with the Facebook put up.

Beard is believed to have been trying to contact the dog's proprietor — whom the sheriff's office identified as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canines killed her, the sheriff's office stated.

AL.com, the web site of several Alabama newspapers, reported that Beard was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor and a longtime worker of the Public Well being Division. 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 lady stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, several canine began attacking the residents, inflicting certainly one of them to sustain minor accidents and a few of the canine to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office said. Officers then discovered Beard's body in the car, the sheriff's office said.

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

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

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