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 ...

As they grieve their son, the boy's parents said they were stunned to learn South Carolina, like most other U.S. states, has ...

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.

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

A 12-year-old South Carolina boy has died after being infected by a rare, brain-eating amoeba found in freshwater.

The family of 12-year-old Hand Middle School Student Jaysen Carr announced he died from a brain-eating amoeba infection contracted at the popular Midlands 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 ...