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

An worker of the Alabama Department of Public Well being 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 same canines earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace mentioned Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer season 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 mentioned. Officers found the automotive with Beard's physique inside it in a rural area exterior Red Bay, near the Mississippi line, in line with the Facebook 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 office said.

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

When officers arrived on the scene, several canines began attacking the residents, inflicting one in all them to maintain minor accidents and some of the dogs to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's workplace mentioned. Officers then discovered Beard's physique in the automobile, the sheriff's office stated.

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

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

The Public Well being Department didn't instantly respond to a request for comment.