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Mississippi man with New Orleans ties dead from flesh-eating bacteria

By Gabby Killett
Published: Aug. 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM CDT|Updated: 7 hours ago

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Basil Kennedy’s daughter said he scraped his leg on his boat trailer in Bay St. Louis early last month. He cleaned and bandaged it and thought nothing more of it.

Kay Kennedy Regimbal said the next three days went by like normal for her father, before his health suddenly and sharply declined.
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It was only after hours in the emergency room that the problem became clear.

“His leg started to slowly swell,” she said. “Then, it became a little bit red, and it was like, ‘OK, something’s not right here.’ But then, once it really took hold in the leg, I mean we were just watching it swell, blister, fluid -- everything you expect from the flesh-eating bacteria.”

Kennedy, 77, died July 21 after coming home from the hospital on hospice care. The cause -- Vibrio vulnificus -- flesh-eating bacteria.
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https://www.fox8live.com/2025/08/12...-new-orleans-ties-dead-flesh-eating-bacteria/

 

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Bay St. Louis man loses leg after case of ‘flesh-eating’ vibrio vulnificus
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By Maddie Kerth
Published: Aug. 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM CDT|Updated: 15 hours ago

BAY ST. LOUIS, MS (WVUE) - ...

At 64 years old and retired, Brian Schilling spent one July afternoon out on the water in Bay St. Louis, but that quick trip to pick up some crab traps and tie up the boat at the Henderson Point public launch changed his life forever.

Schilling’s fiancé, Lisa Vignes, says he scraped his leg on a boat trailer and didn’t think much of it, until his entire leg went black within 12 hours.
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Weeks later, Schilling was spared his life but lost his leg.

Doctors say the infection was too deep for cadaver skin to repair. They amputated a few inches above the knee.
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Schilling’s infection stemmed from the same boat launch where family says a 77-year-old Bay St. Louis man contracted the same infection and died.

In both cases, we’re told there were no warning signs or flags to alert the public of a possible hot spot for this deadly illness.
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https://www.fox8live.com/2025/08/18...eg-after-case-flesh-eating-vibrio-vulnificus/