Autauga woman may have died from dog attack

ALABAMA -- The Autauga County Sheriff's Office is conducting a death investigation after a 65-year-old Autauga County woman was found dead in her yard Friday afternoon with injuries consistent with a dog attack.

Barbara McCormick was found dead by a friend who went to check on her, Autauga County Sheriff Joe Sedinger said.

McCormick's body will be sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for an autopsy.
Sedinger said her body had received injuries consistent with an apparent dog attack.

"She had medical problems and right now we don't know the cause of death," Sedinger said. "We don't know if the injuries were received after death or if she was attacked by the dogs."

At McCormick's home off of County Road 1, south of Billingsley, several large dogs were chained or tied in the yard. Three of the dogs owned by the family have been quarantined, according to Sedinger. He doesn't know if the animals will be destroyed in the future.

Family members said the dogs had never acted aggressively toward McCormick before, the sheriff said.

(Montgomery Advertiser - ‎Sep 4, 2015‎)