Owner faces manslaughter charge after Ala. Health Dept worker mauled to death by pack of 7 dogs

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An Alabama public health employee died on Friday after being attacked by a pack of seven dogs during an investigation of an incident that had occurred with the same dogs the week prior.

Brandy Lee Dowdy, the mauling mutts’ 39-year-old owner, was arrested and is being held at the Franklin County Jail on manslaughter charges AL.com reported.

The victim was Jacqueline Summer Beard, 58, an environmentalist supervisor with the health department where she had nearly 17 years under her belt. She had made the visit to the property as part of a routine follow-up to animal bites that might have the potential for human rabies exposure.

Beard was found after a report of a suspicious vehicle on the highway brought sheriffs to investigate and they found Beard dead at the scene. During the investigation, the pack of canines attacked nearby residents, injuring at least one person.

Ryan Easterling with the Alabama Department of Public Health provided a statement about the tragedy.

“The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) extends our deepest sympathy to the family, friends, and colleagues of Summer Beard, after her tragic passing,” Easterling said in a statement. “Summer was known to her coworkers as an exceptional person. She was a tremendous team worker and was loved by those who knew her.”

“It is a very sad day for ADPH, and we ask that everyone respect the privacy of the family during this most difficult time.”

The incident Beard was investigating involved a woman out walking and the dogs attacked her so ferociously that she remained hospitalized in Mississippi as of Saturday.

Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver noted that the hospitalized victim of the first attack, “was in pretty serious condition.”

The sheriff noted that several of the dogs were euthanized immediately.

“The safety of ADPH team members is paramount in day to day public health activities,” Easterling said. “Employees may, as part of their duties, carry out investigations or other visits individually.  Employees may request and receive assistance with law enforcement, as needed.”

While the incident was fresh in everyone’s mind, some used it as an opportunity to provide suggestions on how such a tragic incident might be prevented in the future.

Others were critical of the fact that the breed of dog was not part of the report.

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9 thoughts on “Owner faces manslaughter charge after Ala. Health Dept worker mauled to death by pack of 7 dogs

  1. Ms Dowdy, like so many others, owns inappropriate dogs that are attack dogs by instinct. Owners of pit bulls, Dobermans, etc. often times purchase them so they can appear tough in public parks, or simply for home protection, but there are limits, and when you cross them, you qualify for negligent homicide. As you work your way down the socio economic ladder, you see more of these types of dogs in traitor parks. This is one of reasons we have concealed carry. My condolences to the victims family.

    1. Dobermans are used as guard dogs because they are very smart. Pit bulls and any other breed will attack when running in a pack. These are dogs who wouldn’t otherwise be dangerous. Pits are known as the baby sitter dog because they are trustworthy with children. Unfortunately, people wanting to seem tough will train their dogs to attack strangers.

      1. I was a cop for 38 years. Every mean dog has a mean owner. A dog will never get that way by themselves!

    1. @jetdawg, someone with common sense finally. Any dog can attack a human and when it’s a pack of dogs all it takes is one dog to start attacking and the rest will follow. Reading the comments reminds me that there are ignorant people that have never met a family pitbull. They are not a vicious dog and in actuality back in the 40s and 50s and even into the 60s Pitbulls were called the nanny dog because they are so good with kids. Over the decades people have mislabeled a few different dog breeds like the Doberman pincher, the Rottweiler, the boxer even and
      the German Shepard.
      Pitbulls scored an 89 on the temperament test concerning all breeds of dogs. Even Michael Vicks dogs turned into not only family pets but service dogs and therapy dogs who are allowed to go to nursing homes and schools and all sorts of places where people congregate. Because of a few unscrupulous stupid idiots that decided to train these dogs to fight it is what gives them such a bad reputation. And for the people reading this thinking I’m out of my head they actually use other dogs including other Pitbulls to train their fighting dogs. So no Pitbulls are not vicious by nature, they have to be trained and even then they almost NEVER attack their owners.

  2. Of course I don’t know for sure, but I would be willing to bet they were Pit Bulls ! They are incredibly strong animals. In addition to that many of them were bred to fight. In Miami Dade County Florida, they are forbidden, and I think that they should be forbidden everywhere in any residential area.

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