A Richland boy of 12 years One student has been named as the child who died earlier this week after getting a brain-eating amoeba.
A student at Hand Middle School named Jaysen Carr got the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri over the weekend at Lake Murray.
Jaysen’s family said Thursday that they had hired Columbia lawyer Tyler Bailey to look into his death in private.
Family lawyer Tyler Bailey said in a statement:
Jaysen’s family is grieving this unthinkable loss but they are also grateful at the outpouring of love and support they have received from the community.
The family has many questions about how and why Jaysen died and wants to do everything in their power to ensure this doesn’t happen to another family.
Jaysen’s family would like to thank the doctors and nurses at Prisma Health Children’s Hospital – Midlands for their dedicated care and compassion for him and their entire family.
We ask for privacy at this time as the family prepares to lay their son to rest.
The family plans to talk to the media next week after Jaysen’s funeral to bring attention to health problems that can happen in South Carolina’s freshwater lakes.
According to a GoFundMe page set up for the Carr family, Jaysen’s death has left them with a lot of unexpected costs.
“He loved his family very much and was a great son, brother, and friend to everyone who knew him.” Everyone he met was touched by his kind heart and happy spirit, the GoFundMe said.
