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

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

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local 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, near the Mississippi line, in line with the Facebook put up.

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

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 Division. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week in which the canines attacked a lady who was walking. The lady remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, several canines started attacking the residents, inflicting one in all them to sustain minor accidents and a number of the dogs to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office stated. Officers then discovered Beard's physique within the automotive, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

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

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office could not instantly be reached for remark.

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