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

An employee of the Alabama Department of Public Health was killed by a pack of canine within the northwestern a part of the state last week as she was responding to a report about another attack involving the same canines earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace stated Friday on Fb.

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

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

AL.com, the website of a number of 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 dogs attacked a girl who was walking. The woman remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, a number of canines started attacking the residents, inflicting certainly one of them to maintain minor injuries and a number of the canine to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers then found Beard's physique within the automotive, the sheriff's workplace 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 Department didn't instantly reply to a request for comment.