COLUMBIA, S.C. - A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on South Carolina’s ...

Jaysen Carr died after contracting a rare infection brought on by a freshwater amoeba reportedly in a South Carolina lake.

Could a trip to the lake forever alter your life? For a South Carolina family, a happy Fourth of July on Lake Murray became unimaginable tragedy after their 12-year-old son, Jaysen Carr, died from ...

A 12-year-old boy has died from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake over the July Fourth weekend ...

Attorney and Columbia City Councilman Tyler Bailey was hired by the family to independently investigate the child's death.

Rare cases of Naegleria fowleri can result in a severe infection in the brain, with infection fatal in around 95% of cases.

The infection destroys brain tissue, which is why the infection is commonly referred to as a brain-eating amoeba.

The parents of Jaysen Carr are calling for freshwater testing and public alerts after their son died of a brain infection ...

The amoeba entered his brain through his nose, possibly when he jumped into Lake Murray, near Columbia. The CDC said 167 ...

The family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr is speaking out about the child's recent passing from a brain-eating amoeba in an ...

The family spoke in front of the media for the first time Tuesday, calling on state agencies to test fresh bodies of water ...

The parents of Jaysen Carr -- the 12-year-old Hand Middle School student who passed away from a brain-eating amoeba known as ...