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

An worker of the Alabama Division of Public Well being was killed by a pack of canines 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 within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office mentioned Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents known as the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers found the automobile with Beard's physique inside it in a rural space outside Red Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in line with the Fb put up.

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

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 Well being Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week through which the canines attacked a woman who was walking. The woman remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of canine started attacking the residents, causing one of them to sustain minor accidents and a few of the canines to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's workplace mentioned. Officers then discovered Beard's physique in the car, the sheriff's workplace said.

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

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

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