Seizure caused Travolta son’s death

Published 10:49 pm Monday, January 5, 2009

FREEPORT, Bahamas — Jett Travolta’s body shows no sign of head trauma and his death certificate says he was killed by a seizure, an undertaker said Monday, as the 16-year-old’s parents prepared to return his remains to the United States.

Glen Campbell, assistant director of the Bahamian funeral home handling the remains of John Travolta’s son, told The Associated Press that the body is in “great condition,” despite police officials who had said the teen hit his head on a bathtub.

Jett Travolta had a history of seizures and was found unconscious in a bathroom Friday at a family vacation home on Grand Bahama Island.

Authorities didn’t release the results of an autopsy performed Monday, but Campbell saw the body and the death certificate, which was based on its findings.

“The only cause of death that was listed was ‘seizure,’ ” he said.