Alabama girl killed by pack of canine; owner charged with manslaughter

An employee of the Alabama Department 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 another assault involving the same canines earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office said Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers found the automotive with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outside Crimson Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in keeping with the Facebook post.

Beard is believed to have been trying to contact the dog's owner — whom the sheriff's office recognized as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canine killed her, the sheriff's office stated.

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 in the week by which the canine attacked a girl who was walking. The girl remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of canine started attacking the residents, inflicting certainly one of them to maintain minor injuries and a number of the canines to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office stated. Officers then found Beard's physique in the automotive, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

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

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

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