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

An employee of the Alabama Department of Public Health was killed by a pack of canines in the northwestern a part of the state final 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 stated 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 said. Officers discovered the automobile with Beard's body inside it in a rural area exterior Pink Bay, near the Mississippi line, in line with the Fb post.

Beard is believed to have been attempting 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 website of several Alabama newspapers, reported that Beard was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor and a longtime employee of the Public Health Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier within the week in which the dogs attacked a woman who was strolling. The girl remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, several canines began attacking the residents, inflicting one in every of them to maintain minor accidents and among the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office said. Officers then discovered Beard's body in the car, the sheriff's workplace said.

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

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

The Public Well being Division did not instantly respond to a request for remark.