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.

A 12-year-old boy who died of a brain-eating amoeba was identified as Jaysen Carr. Carr was diagnosed with a deadly brain infection on July 7 and passed away on July 18. He is believed to have been exposed to the organism while swimming in South Carolina's Lake Murray.