Alabama woman killed by pack of dogs; owner 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 final week as she was responding to a report about another assault involving the identical canines earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace said Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents known as the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's office said. Officers found the car with Beard's body inside it in a rural area outdoors Purple Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in accordance with the Facebook post.

Beard is believed to have been trying to contact the dog's proprietor — whom the sheriff's workplace recognized as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canine killed her, the sheriff's office mentioned.

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

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of dogs began attacking the residents, inflicting one among them to sustain minor accidents and a few of the dogs to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office stated. Officers then discovered Beard's physique in the car, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

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

The Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace couldn't immediately be reached for remark.

The Public Health Division didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.