Boy who got brain-eating disease from lake dies
Michael Riley Jr, 14, a junior Olympian, seemed to have contracted the rare disease after he went swimming on August 13 with his track team, his father Mike Riley told KTRK earlier this week.
“It is with a heavy heart, that we let everyone know that Michael John Riley Jr lost his battle on this earth but won a victory for his place in the arms of our Lord Jesus Christ,” the family said in a statement on their Facebook page.
