A lawyer for the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr said he died on July 18 after contracting a deadly infectious amoeba while swimming in a reservoir.

The infection destroys brain tissue, which is why the infection is commonly referred to as a brain-eating amoeba.

A Columbia family is mourning the loss of their young son, who died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba from swimming in a popular lake. Jaysen Carr, a