Alabama woman killed by pack of canines; owner charged with manslaughter

An worker of the Alabama Division of Public Health was killed by a pack of dogs within the northwestern part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about one other attack involving the identical canine earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office mentioned Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents known as the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's workplace mentioned. Officers discovered the automobile with Beard's physique inside it in a rural space exterior Pink Bay, near the Mississippi line, according to the Fb publish.

Beard is believed to have been attempting to contact the canine's owner — whom the sheriff's workplace identified as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canine killed her, the sheriff's office mentioned.

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 Well being Division. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week in which the canine attacked a girl who was walking. The lady stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, a number of canine started attacking the residents, causing one of them to maintain minor accidents and a number of the dogs to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace stated. Officers then discovered Beard's body within the automobile, the sheriff's workplace stated.

Dowdy was charged with manslaughter and is being held without bail, public data show.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office couldn't immediately be reached for remark.

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