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

An worker of the Alabama Department of Public Well being was killed by a pack of canines in the northwestern a part of the state last week as she was responding to a report about another attack involving the identical canines earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office said Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious automobile, the sheriff's office said. Officers found the automobile with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outside Red Bay, near the Mississippi line, in line with the Fb submit.

Beard is believed to have been making an attempt to contact the dog's proprietor — whom the sheriff's workplace identified as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canine killed her, the sheriff's office stated.

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 in the week wherein the dogs attacked a woman who was walking. The girl remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of canine started attacking the residents, causing one in all them to sustain minor accidents and a few of the dogs to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's workplace mentioned. Officers then found Beard's body within the automobile, the sheriff's office said.

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

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

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