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

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

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents called the police to report a suspicious automobile, the sheriff's office stated. Officers found the automotive with Beard's physique inside it in a rural space outdoors Pink Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in line with the Fb submit.

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 canine 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 Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier within the week in which the canines attacked a girl who was strolling. The woman stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

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

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 remark.

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