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Why the family of 12-year-old Lake Murray amoeba victim wants an investigation
Attorney and Columbia City Councilman Tyler Bailey was hired by the family to independently investigate the child's death.
Death from brain-eating amoeba presumed to have happened at Lake Murray
Prisma Heath Richland Children's Hospital in Columbia confirmed Tuesday that a patient treated at their facility died from ...
Couple calls for SC testing, reporting of freshwater amoeba after son’s death from brain infection
The parents of Jaysen Carr are calling for freshwater testing and public alerts after their son died of a brain infection ...
Despite death, no elevated risk of amoeba at Lake Murray, health officials say
The state Department of Public Health presumes a fatal case of brain-eating amoeba came from Lake Murray, but risk of such ...
Hundreds gather to celebrate life of 12-year-old deadly amoeba victim Jaysen Carr
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - On Saturday, the Midlands community rallied around the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr. Carr was a student at Hand Middle School who died after being infected with an amoeba ...