FREEPORT, Bahamas — The Bahamas will use two pathologists to ensure a careful autopsy on John Travolta’s son, who died at the actor’s vacation home in Grand Bahama, the territory’s health minister said Saturday.
Dr. Hubert Minnis said he decided to use a second specialist to guarantee a thorough assessment of what might have caused Jett Travolta’s death.
The 16-year-old was found collapsed in a bathroom Friday after having a seizure and hitting his head on the bathtub, said a police officer who declined to be named because she was not authorized to speak on the matter.
He was taken by ambulance to a Freeport hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police Superintendent Basil Rahming said in a statement.
A U.S.-certified clinical and forensic pathologist from Nassau will fly into Grand Bahama on Monday to help perform the autopsy, Minnis said. A possible cause of death likely will be known by the end of the day, he said.
John Travolta is trying to finish funeral arrangements and hopes to fly his son’s body to Florida by midweek, said Michael McDermott, the actor’s corporate and commercial attorney.
Travolta and his wife, actress Kelly Preston, have a house in Ocala, Florida.
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