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

An employee of the Alabama Department of Public Well being was killed by a pack of dogs in the northwestern part of the state last week as she was responding to a report about another assault involving the identical canine 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 called the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's workplace stated. Officers found the automotive with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outdoors Crimson Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in response to the Facebook post.

Beard is believed to have been trying to contact the canine's owner — whom the sheriff's office recognized as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the dogs killed her, the sheriff's workplace stated.

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

When officers arrived at the scene, several dogs started attacking the residents, inflicting certainly one of them to sustain minor accidents and a few of the canines to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office said. Officers then found Beard's body within the automotive, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

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

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

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