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

An worker of the Alabama Department of Public Health 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 one other assault involving the identical dogs 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 local residents known as the police to report a suspicious automobile, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers found the automotive with Beard's body inside it in a rural area outside Pink Bay, close to the Mississippi line, according to the Fb submit.

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

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 in the week in which the canines attacked a woman who was strolling. The woman stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, several canine began attacking the residents, causing certainly one of them to maintain minor accidents and among the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office said. Officers then found Beard's physique within the automobile, the sheriff's office mentioned.

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