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

An worker of the Alabama Division of Public Well being was killed by a pack of canine in the northwestern a part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about another assault involving the same dogs earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace stated Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced lifeless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents known as the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers found the automotive with Beard's physique inside it in a rural area exterior Red Bay, close to the Mississippi line, based on the Facebook put up.

Beard is believed to have been attempting to contact the canine's owner — whom the sheriff's workplace recognized 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 Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier within the week during which the dogs attacked a lady who was strolling. The woman remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, a number of canines began attacking the residents, inflicting considered one of them to sustain minor injuries and among the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office said. Officers then found Beard's body 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 couldn't immediately be reached for remark.

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