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

An worker of the Alabama Department of Public Health was killed by a pack of dogs in the northwestern a part of the state last week as she was responding to a report about another assault involving the same canine earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace said Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's office stated. Officers discovered the automotive with Beard's physique inside it in a rural area outside Pink Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in line with the Fb put up.

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

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 Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week by which the canines attacked a lady who was walking. The lady stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, several canines started attacking the residents, inflicting considered one of them to sustain minor accidents and a few of the canines to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office stated. Officers then found Beard's body in the automotive, the sheriff's office stated.

Dowdy was charged with manslaughter and is being held with out bail, public data show.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace couldn't instantly be reached for remark.

The Public Health Department did not instantly respond to a request for comment.