The pack of dogs had mauled and hospitalized a woman a week earlier who was taking a walk in the area.
A dog owner faces manslaughter charges after their animals killed a public health worker who was responding to earlier reports of an attack, police believe. Jacqueline Summer Beard, a long-time employee with the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), was found unresponsive Friday in a car that had been reported to police as suspicious. The 58-year-old had reportedly been looking for the owner of a pack of dogs that had been accused of attacking people in the Crumpton Road area outside of Red Bay, Alabama, AL.com reported. Franklin County Coroner Charlie Adcox pronounced her dead later in the day. While responding to the vehicle call, local deputies meeting with residents were attacked by the same pack of dogs, with one person suffering minor injuries. Following this altercation, the animals were subdued and some were later euthanized.
