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

An employee of the Alabama Department of Public Health was killed by a pack of canine within the northwestern a part of the state last week as she was responding to a report about another attack involving the identical dogs earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace mentioned Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents known as the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's office stated. Officers discovered the car with Beard's body inside it in a rural space exterior Crimson Bay, near the Mississippi line, in accordance with the Fb post.

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

AL.com, the web site of a number of Alabama newspapers, reported that Beard was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor and a longtime worker of the Public Health Division. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier within the week during which the canine attacked a girl who was strolling. The girl remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, several canines began attacking the residents, inflicting one in all them to maintain minor accidents and some of the canines to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office said. Officers then found Beard's body in the automotive, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

Dowdy was charged with manslaughter and is being held without bail, public data present.

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

The Public Well being Department did not instantly reply to a request for comment.