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

An employee of the Alabama Department of Public Well being 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 canine earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace stated Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer 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 workplace stated. Officers found the automotive with Beard's physique inside it in a rural space outdoors Red Bay, near the Mississippi line, based on the Fb post.

Beard is believed to have been trying to contact the dog's proprietor — whom the sheriff's workplace recognized as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canine 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 worker of the Public Health Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier within the week during which the canines attacked a woman who was walking. The girl remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, a number of canine began attacking the residents, inflicting considered one of them to sustain minor injuries and among the dogs to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace stated. Officers then found Beard's physique in the car, the sheriff's office said.

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

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

The Public Well being Department did not instantly reply to a request for remark.