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

An worker of the Alabama Division of Public Well being was killed by a pack of dogs within the northwestern part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about another assault involving the same canines earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office said Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents known as the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers discovered the automobile with Beard's body inside it in a rural space exterior Purple Bay, near the Mississippi line, according to the Facebook publish.

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

AL.com, the web site 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 within the week through which the canine attacked a lady who was walking. The woman remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, several canine began attacking the residents, inflicting one in every of them to sustain minor injuries and some of the canines to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's workplace stated. Officers then found Beard's body within the automotive, the sheriff's workplace said.

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

The Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

The Public Health Division did not immediately respond to a request for comment.