Alabama public health worker mauled to death by pack of dogs

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

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was trying to contact the canines’ 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 automobile within the space round 6 p.m. Sunday, cops mentioned.

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

There have been seven canines in complete, Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver instructed AL.com.

Among the canines 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Beard was 58 years outdated and lived in Muscle Shoals, AL.com reported.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 time was identified to her coworkers as an distinctive individual,” the division mentioned in an announcement to AL.com. “She was an incredible group employee and was cherished by those that knew her.”

Dowdy, 39, of Purple Bay, was later arrested for manslaughter beneath the state’s harmful canine regulation, 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 canines 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 severe” and she or he stays hospitalized.