Alabama woman killed by pack of dogs; proprietor 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 last week as she was responding to a report about another assault involving the identical canines earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office stated Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer 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 office stated. Officers discovered the automobile with Beard's body inside it in a rural area exterior Pink Bay, near the Mississippi line, in response to the Fb post.

Beard is believed to have been trying to contact the dog's proprietor — whom the sheriff's workplace identified as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the dogs killed her, the sheriff's office stated.

AL.com, the web site of several Alabama newspapers, reported that Beard was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor and a longtime worker of the Public Health Division. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week during which the canine attacked a woman who was walking. The lady remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, several canines began attacking the residents, inflicting certainly one of them to sustain minor injuries and a number of the canine to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers then found Beard's body in the car, the sheriff's office mentioned.

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

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

The Public Health Division did not instantly reply to a request for remark.