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

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

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 he contracted at Lake Murray earlier this month.