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An Eight-Year-Old Ruston Girl Has Died of a Rare Amoeba Infection Her Family Ties to Lake Claiborne

A Death Confirmed by the Family, Not the State

Lillian Smart, an eight-year-old girl from Ruston, died Saturday at a Shreveport area hospital after a Naegleria fowleri infection; her family says she contracted it while swimming. She had turned eight the day before.

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