A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after swimming in a well-known South Carolina lake during the July Fourth weekend.

What happened to Jaysen Carr?

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Jaysen Carr went swimming at Lake Murray about 15 miles west of Columbia, South Carolina during the holiday weekend.

Carr got sick several days later and died on July 18, according to the AP. The boy’s father and mother had never heard of the amoeba before a doctor shared the heartbreaking news of what tests of his spinal fluid detected.

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Clarence Carr told the Associated Press that he was shocked to learn South Carolina, like other U.S. states, has no law requiring public rep

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