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

An worker of the Alabama Department of Public Well being was killed by a pack of dogs within the northwestern a part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about another attack involving the same canines earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace said Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer time 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 automotive with Beard's body inside it in a rural space exterior Red Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in response to the Facebook put up.

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

AL.com, the website 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 through which the canines attacked a lady who was walking. The girl stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, several dogs started attacking the residents, inflicting one among them to maintain minor accidents and a number of the dogs to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers then discovered Beard's physique in the automobile, the sheriff's office said.

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

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office could not immediately be reached for remark.

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