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

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

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents known as the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers found the automobile with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outside Crimson Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in line with the Fb put up.

Beard is believed to have been making an attempt to contact the dog's proprietor — whom the sheriff's workplace recognized as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canines killed her, the sheriff's office stated.

AL.com, the web site of a number of 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 lady who was strolling. The woman stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, several canines began attacking the residents, causing one in every of them to sustain minor accidents and a few of the canines to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers then found Beard's body in the automobile, the sheriff's office mentioned.

Dowdy was charged with manslaughter and is being held with out bail, public information present.

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

The Public Well being Division didn't immediately respond to a request for remark.