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

An employee of the Alabama Division of Public Health 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 one other attack involving the same canines earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace mentioned Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents called the police to report a suspicious automobile, the sheriff's office stated. Officers discovered the automobile with Beard's body inside it in a rural area outside Pink Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in response to the Facebook put up.

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

AL.com, the web site of several 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 wherein the dogs attacked a woman who was strolling. The lady remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, a number of canine started attacking the residents, inflicting certainly one of them to maintain minor accidents and a number of the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers then found Beard's body within the car, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

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

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

The Public Well being Department did not instantly respond to a request for remark.