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

An worker of the Alabama Department 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 another assault involving the same canine earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace stated Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents called the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's office said. Officers found the automotive with Beard's physique inside it in a rural area outdoors Pink Bay, near the Mississippi line, based on the Fb post.

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

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 in the week wherein the dogs attacked a woman who was strolling. The lady stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of dogs started attacking the residents, inflicting one among them to sustain minor injuries and among the dogs to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace mentioned. Officers then found Beard's physique in the automotive, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

Dowdy was charged with manslaughter and is being held with out bail, public information show.

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

The Public Health Department didn't immediately reply to a request for remark.