An eight-year-old Louisiana girl named Lillian died after contracting a rare brain infection. She got sick rapidly. State medical authorities verified she came into contact with Naegleria fowleri in a nearby lake. This parasite attacks the brain. Health reports connected the fatality to the microbe found in the water.

News outlets TVA Nouvelles, Le Parisien, and Informat.ro detailed the event. The news stories contained comments from her family. Her family was left grieving. They said the child died after contracting the organism while in the lake water.