‘Beloved’ Mom of 4 Dies After Contracting Salmonella Infection from Contaminated Ice on Overseas Trip

NEED TO KNOW

• Ayla Garcia, a 36-year-old mother of four from Virginia, has died after contracting a Salmonella infection on a mission trip to Kenya
• Her illness was complicated by the fact that she had sickle cell disease
• "There are some goodbyes that leave you speechless, and this is one of them," a friend of Garcia's wrote in an emotional tribute following her death

A Virginia mother of four traveled overseas on a mission trip to help orphaned children. Now, her family is mourning her death after she contracted a foodborne illness.