COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) — A South Carolina family is mourning the loss of their young son, who died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba from swimming in a popular lake. Jaysen Carr, a 12 ...

A child in South Carolina has died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as brain-eating amoeba. State health officials confirm exposure likely came from Lake Murray ...

Two weeks after spending the 4th of July on a popular South Carolina lake, 12-year-old Jaysen Carr died from a brain-eating amoeba that was living in the warm water.

Two weeks after spending the 4th of July on a popular South Carolina lake, 12-year-old Jaysen Carr died from a brain-eating amoeba that was living in the warm water.

Parents want others to know the danger from the brain-eating amoeba As he sat in an intensive care hospital room with his son, Clarence Carr couldn’t help but think of all the people on the lake.