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 canines in the northwestern part of the state last week as she was responding to a report about one other assault involving the same dogs 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 automobile, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers discovered the automobile with Beard's body inside it in a rural area exterior Red Bay, close to the Mississippi line, according to the Facebook put up.

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 said.

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 Health Division. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier within the week by which the canine attacked a girl who was strolling. The woman remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of canines began attacking the residents, causing considered one of them to sustain minor accidents and some of the dogs to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office stated. Officers then found Beard's body within the automobile, the sheriff's office mentioned.

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

The Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace couldn't instantly be reached for remark.

The Public Health Division didn't instantly reply to a request for comment.