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

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

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's workplace mentioned. Officers discovered the car with Beard's physique inside it in a rural area outdoors Crimson Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in accordance with the Facebook publish.

Beard is believed to have been attempting to contact the dog'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 Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week through which the canine attacked a woman who was strolling. The woman stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of canines started attacking the residents, inflicting certainly one of them to maintain minor accidents and a few of the dogs to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office stated. Officers then found Beard's body within the car, the sheriff's office said.

Dowdy was charged with manslaughter and is being held with out bail, public data show.

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

The Public Well being Division did not instantly reply to a request for comment.