Two pathologists appointed by Bahamian authorities perform an autopsy on
the body of actor John Travolta's 16-year-old son, Jett, who died last week
after suffering a seizure at the family's holiday home.

FREEPORT, BAHAMAS (JANUARY 5, 2009) DAVID CURRAN -
An autopsy to determine the cause of the death of the son of actor
John Travolta was performed in the Bahamas on Monday (January 5).

Jett, who had a history of seizures, was found unconscious in a
bathroom at the home in the Old Bahama Bay resort on Grand Bahama Island on
Friday morning. He was pronounced dead after being taken by ambulance to Rand
Memorial Hospital in Freeport.

A family doctor sat in on the autopsy at the request of the Travolta
family. Results were not released.

Obie Wilchcombe, a member of parliament for western Grand Bahama, said
the autopsy was completed at around noon and paperwork was finished two hours
later.

Jett's body was moved from Rand Memorial Hospital to Restview Funeral
Home in Freeport, where it was being prepared for transport to the United
States, Wilchcombe said.

"He (John Travolta) asked for some moments, he and his wife, to
spend with Jett. And he stayed in the morgue for several hours. Then his
attorney came, the doctor came and they stayed and during that time you saw
the family demonstrating through their grieving the tremendous love and the
hurt and the pain," he said.

Dozens of relatives flew to Grand Bahama to comfort John Travolta and
his wife, actress Kelly Preston, Wilchcombe said.

The couple, who also have an 8-year-old daughter, Ella, issued a
statement on Sunday saying they were heartbroken by the loss of their son.

"Jett was the most wonderful son that two parents could ever ask
for and lit up the lives of everyone he encountered," Travolta said in
the statement. "We are heartbroken that our time with him was so brief.
We will cherish the time that we had with him for the rest of our lives."

John Travolta and paramedics tried without success to resuscitate the
boy.

The family's statement did not refer to Jett's medical history or
possible cause of death. But Travolta's lawyers, Michael Ossi and Michael
McDermott, were quoted on Sunday as saying Jett apparently suffered from grand
mal seizures, which can cause loss of consciousness.

Travolta and his wife have said that Jett was sick when he was a
toddler and was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease, which leads to inflammation
of the blood vessels in young children.