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

An worker of the Alabama Division of Public Well being was killed by a pack of dogs within the northwestern a part of the state last week as she was responding to a report about one other assault involving the same dogs earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office stated Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced lifeless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious automobile, the sheriff's office said. Officers discovered the automobile with Beard's physique inside it in a rural area outdoors Pink Bay, near the Mississippi line, according to the Facebook post.

Beard is believed to have been trying to contact the dog's owner — whom the sheriff's workplace recognized as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canines 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 employee of the Public Health Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier within the week in which the canine attacked a lady who was strolling. The girl remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, several canines started attacking the residents, inflicting one of them to sustain minor accidents and some of the canines to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace mentioned. Officers then found Beard's physique within the automobile, the sheriff's workplace stated.

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

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

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