A state environmental official said this week the state doesn't test freshwater bodies of water for deadly “brain-eating” ...

Two weeks after Jaysen Carr spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat on one of South Carolina’s most popular lakes, he was dead from an amoeba that lives in the warm water and entered ...

For Clarence and Ebony Carr, the Fourth of July was supposed to be a carefree day on Lake Murray with family and friends. But two weeks later, their 12-year-old son, Jaysen, was gone — the result of ...

A heartbroken father has issued a warning after his son died after swimming in a popular spot in South Carolina. A family has ...

Rare brain-eating amoeba killed South Carolina's 12-year-old boy after spending a joyful Fourth of July in a popualar lake ...

My son was a very smart individual. If he had one warning, he would have thought swimming in the lake was a bad idea," the ...

Jaysen Carr died from a rare brain-eating amoeba after swimming in Lake Murray. His family says no state officials have ...

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