Alabama girl killed by pack of canines; proprietor charged with manslaughter

An employee of the Alabama Division of Public Health was killed by a pack of canines within the northwestern a part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about one other attack involving the identical canine earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace mentioned Friday on Facebook.

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

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

AL.com, the web site of a number of 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 in which the canines attacked a woman who was walking. The girl stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of dogs started attacking the residents, inflicting certainly one of them to maintain minor injuries and a few of the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office stated. Officers then discovered Beard's body within the automotive, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

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

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

The Public Health Division did not immediately reply to a request for comment.