Celebrity Justice
Jett Travolta Autopsy May Never Be Public

Jett TravoltaThe Ministry of Health in the Bahamas tells TMZ the autopsy findings in the death of John Travolta's son may never be public.

Dr. Hubert Minnis says a pathologist at Rand Memorial Hospital (where Jett Travolta was pronounced dead) is currently performing the autopsy, which should take several hours. Dr. Minnis says he personally decided, because of the high profile nature of the case, to bring in a second pathologist from Nassau, Dr. Karen Sands. Dr. Minnis made a point to us that Dr. Sands is an American.

The doctor says once the pathologists complete a preliminary report, it's forwarded on to a coroner. The coroner then forwards the completed report to the Travolta/Preston family. Dr. Minnis says only the family has authority to release the findings to the public. No word if that will happen.

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91. What a predicament! It's a tragedy that this happened to the Travolta family and it really is a shame that Scientology has taken front stage in this tragedy. My condolences go out to the Travolta family.

Posted at 2:32PM on Jan 5th 2009 by Patty

92. To Face WHAT? The cult awareness network IS Scientology. They own it.
duh

Posted at 2:32PM on Jan 5th 2009 by katy

93. not to sound cold here...

but wouldn't scientologists be against an autopsy?

and I heard on the news that he had seizures in the past that were medically regulated. Which may not be accurate...

anyone else heard this?

Posted at 2:33PM on Jan 5th 2009 by Mayu

94. Good Call for the family and doctors. Regardless of what the results were, armchair mental health professionas, interns and doctors would add their negative two cents. For those who have experienced similar tragedies, did you email, write or post the results to world. Of course not. It was a private matter and only those close to the family was privy to many of the details. Just because they are celebrities does not mean their private lives have to be an open book.

Posted at 2:36PM on Jan 5th 2009 by VoiceofReason

95. Good Post # 82. To get more information on this cult, google x scientology kids, or scientology kills, sad, sad stories

Posted at 3:00PM on Jan 5th 2009 by susan

96. Yes, he WAS a neighbor, he WAS upset. Yes, now dead due to "apparent suicide."

Posted at 2:37PM on Jan 5th 2009 by katy

97. It is heartbreaking that this boy has died. His parents will have to live with this. I do not bekieve that the public is entitled to results regarding his cause of death. If there is anything unorthodox about his death, then the authorities will deal with this. having said that, for the family to say; "that each seizure was like a death".........exemplifies lack of comprehension, & ignorance about seizures. As well, I have seen a young boy, allowed to die, based upon religious belief, when a feww units of blood WOULD have saved his life. Having witnessed this first hand, as a nurse in an emergency dept.. I was angry , helpless & devestated, that 2 parents could allow thi. As for the Kawasaki disease.......it begs the question, did the Travolta.s allow the reqired treatment, which requires medication & Immunoglobulin. Finally. The parents stopped his anticonvulsant. There are several anticonvulsants available. .and are used in different combinations to control seizures. I hate that word."powerful" in terms of medication. It is means nothing. What works, is what is meaningful. Personally, I will remain sceptical about this death. That is my perogative.

Posted at 2:44PM on Jan 5th 2009 by Lynn

98. He's a minor...they don't have to release the records.

Besides, IT'S NONE OF OUR DAMN BUSINESS people...get over yourselves.

Posted at 2:41PM on Jan 5th 2009 by shirley feeney

99. #91, you suck.

Posted at 2:42PM on Jan 5th 2009 by shirley feeney

100. I think folks are curious because of the Scientology angle. Travolta has long denied any claims that his child had severe physical and mental disorders. That denial is a slap in the face to parents everywhere who have to face up to their child's limitations every day, and try to find treatment, that they often can't afford. The fact that the Travolta family has really no financial limitations on providing the best medical treatment available, and they don't appear to have taken advantage of that blessing, and instead it appears they were quick to withhold medication and possibly not have him on anything else, makes people curious as to what really happened.

For me, it's not that I want to point my parents at the Travoltas and say 'bad parents', it's more a wakeup call for all those Scientology parents, and Christian Scientists, and other religions who withhold medical treatment.

Posted at 2:45PM on Jan 5th 2009 by gazoo

101. Another death due to the abuses from the cult of scientology. And yet another example of the cult being allowed to hide the truth to preserve their image. For shame John, you sacrificed your son for your cult. Can you now live with your choice?

Make no mistake, the clams of scientology are VERY busy on this site, attacking all posters that try to speak the truth. Freedom of speech and the press can NOT be silenced.

KSW Keep Scientology Working, at ALL costs. ATTACK! Never defend!

Posted at 2:45PM on Jan 5th 2009 by Scientology Kills

102. Okay, I'll lay off the Travolta family. But who turned most of us against Scientologists, Tom Cruise. I guess if I'm on the verge of killling myself from extreme depression and don't want to die anymore, I should just pop a vitamin and excercise and I'm cured, per Tom Cruise. The idiot never even graduated from high school and is telling people what they should do with their lives. How arrogant! I'll lay off Mr. Travolta for now until I do know the real facts. But Cruise is the one who took that religion and made it a very self rightous, know-it-all, arrogant religion.

Posted at 2:46PM on Jan 5th 2009 by Karrie

103. It's no ones business what goes on in there life.. You only have to see a picture of John & his son to see the deep deep love between them. Please stop saying mean things about it being the parents fault. Don't you have any compassion for what they are going through.. The family is in unbelievable pain, just imagine if this were you & how you would feel.. Give them the peace, privacy & respect they need to heel there broken hearts.

Posted at 2:49PM on Jan 5th 2009 by katiejean

104. When and why would the autopsy conclusions be given to the police or criminal authorities? If this case needs to be investigated would the coronor make that decision or those doing the autopsy? If this child died because of lack of correct medical assistant I iwould think that might spark criminal investigation. Of course the Scieintologist are wealthy because of people like Tom Cruise and John Travolta and are all lawyered up. Why don't the FBI or prosecutors get involved in this and other cases where children die because of cult beliefs and control... Upset and concerned

Posted at 2:58PM on Jan 5th 2009 by maizie

105. Reading through some of these comments has me shaking my head incredulously. Not ONE of you are INTIMATELY involved with either Jett or the parents, know NOTHING about the course of his life, what was tried, what medications were given and not given, etc. YET, you seem to all be experts about what happened to this young man, make judgements as ridiculous as calling the parents murderers, etc. Such simple minds.

Posted at 2:50PM on Jan 5th 2009 by Karen

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