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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.

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 ...
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Family of Jaysen Carr urges agencies to implement warnings around risk of deadly freshwater amoeba

The parents of Jaysen Carr -- the 12-year-old Hand Middle School student who passed away from a brain-eating amoeba known as ...
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Family IDs 12-year-old boy who died from rare amoeba in SC lake

Funeral services for a 12-year-old Columbia-area middle school student who died July 18 after contracting a rare amoeba from ...

12-year-old who died of brain-eating amoeba at Lake Murray ID'd: How to stay safe

Tyler Bailey, a Columbia attorney, has been hired to conduct an independent investigation into the patient's death.

‘He truly had the gift of love’: Parents of boy who died from amoeba call for change

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

Patient dies from brain-eating amoeba after possible exposure at Lake Murray

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Prisma Richland Children’s Hospital in Columbia has confirmed that a patient treated at their facility has died from a brain-eating amoeba. According to the South Carolina Department ...

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 ...