Alabama public health worker mauled to death by pack of dogs

Canine proprietor Brandy Dowdy was arrested and charged with manslaughter.
Franklin County Sheriff’s Workplace

An Alabama Division of Well being worker was mauled to demise by a pack of canine whereas following up on an assault earlier within the week by the identical pack of canine, officers mentioned.

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was making an attempt to contact the canine’ proprietor, Brandy Dowdy, on Sunday whereas investigating the canine assault reported to Franklin County Animal Management.

She by no means returned from the investigation and deputies responded to a report of a suspicious car within the space round 6 p.m. Sunday, cops mentioned.

When police arrived, the canine additionally attacked a number of residents within the space. One resident obtained minor accidents, police mentioned.

There have been seven canine in whole, Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver instructed AL.com.

Among the canine had been “euthanized instantly,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned, though it’s not clear what number of.

When police returned to the scene, they positioned Beard, who was pronounced lifeless by the Franklin County coroner.

Beard was 58 years previous and lived in Muscle Shoals, AL.com reported.

She labored as an environmentalist supervisor for the Alabama Division of Public Well being and had been with the division for practically 17 years in keeping with the ADPH.

“Summer season was identified to her coworkers as an distinctive particular person,” the division mentioned in an announcement to AL.com. “She was an amazing staff employee and was liked by those that knew her.”

Dowdy, 39, of Purple Bay, was later arrested for manslaughter underneath the state’s harmful canine legislation, in keeping with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Division.

She was being held on the Franklin County Jail with no bail set, information present.

Within the earlier assault, Dowdy’s canine attacked a girl strolling alongside a freeway, in keeping with WAYY.  She was taken to a hospital in Tupelo, Mississippi, earlier than she was transferred to a hospital in Jackson, Mississippi.

Oliver instructed AL.com that her situation is “fairly critical” and she or he stays hospitalized.