Alabama lady killed by pack of dogs; owner charged with manslaughter

An employee of the Alabama Division of Public Well being was killed by a pack of canines within the northwestern part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about one other assault involving the identical canine earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office said Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced lifeless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents known as the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers found the automotive with Beard's physique inside it in a rural space outdoors Pink Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in line with the Fb post.

Beard is believed to have been making an attempt to contact the canine's owner — whom the sheriff's workplace identified as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canines killed her, the sheriff's workplace 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 Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier within the week wherein the dogs attacked a woman who was walking. The girl remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, several canine began attacking the residents, inflicting one among them to maintain minor injuries and among the dogs to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace stated. Officers then discovered Beard's body in the automotive, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

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

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

The Public Health Department didn't immediately reply to a request for remark.