8-year-old girl dies after contracting brain-eating amoeba in Louisiana lake

Lilian Smart, an 8-year-old girl from Louisiana, has died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba she likely picked up while swimming in a lake. Her family announced her death on Facebook, writing: "The injuries to her brain were too severe for her little body to recover from." Infections from this type of amoeba are nearly always fatal.