Boy's parents were stunned to learn South Carolina, like most U.S. states, has no law requiring public reporting of deaths or infections from the amoeba.

A 12-year-old boy has died from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake over the July Fourth weekend.

The family of a 12-year-old South Carolina boy who died after contracting a rare infection associated with Naegleria fowleri will speak to the media Tuesday afternoon.

Clarence and Ebony Carr will address the media alongside their attorney Tyler Bailey outside the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services headquarters in Columbia.