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

An employee of the Alabama Department of Public Well being was killed by a pack of canines in the northwestern a part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about one other attack involving the same canines 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 local residents called the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers discovered the automobile with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outside Purple Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in line with the Fb put up.

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

AL.com, the web site 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 within the week wherein the canines attacked a woman who was strolling. The lady stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, several canine started attacking the residents, inflicting one among them to maintain minor accidents and some of the canine to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office said. Officers then discovered Beard's body within the automobile, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

Dowdy was charged with manslaughter and is being held with out bail, public information present.

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

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