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A man infected with primary amebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM, in Missouri has died, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported Wednesday. The man died Tuesday at a St. Louis-area hospital. The man contracted the illness after being exposed to a “brain-eating” amoeba. The infection kills brain cells very rapidly and is usually deadly. However, the infection is extremely …

The Boone County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a suspect in connection to a woman who was found deceased in her car Saturday night. Isaiah N. Goins, 26, of Columbia was arrested early Sunday afternoon, according to a Facebook post from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. Goins was located at a business on Clark Lane Sunday afternoon and was then taken …