John Travolta and Kelly Preston, along with their 8-year-old daughter Ella Blue, returned to Florida Monday night with the ashes of Jett Travolta, who died Jan. 2 while the family was vacationing in Grand Bahama.

Obie Wilchcombe, a member of the Bahamas parliament and a family friend, told the Associated Press on Tuesday, “Everything was in place, the cremation was completed, and they decided to leave.”

Funeral plans have yet to be announced.

In Ocala, Fla., where the Travoltas have a home, Mayor Randy Ewers said the city has sent the family condolences and would afford them time alone with their grief.

“They’re fantastic people, really family oriented,” Ewers said. “We want to respect their privacy as much as possible.”

In a public statement Sunday, Travolta, 54, and Preston, 46, said of son Jett, 16, that they were “heartbroken that our time with him was so brief.”

They also thanked “everyone who has sent their love and condolences.”

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A source close the family of John Travolta and Kelly Preston tells PEOPLE that the autopsy on their 16-year-old son Jett revealed his death was caused by a “seizure disorder.”

On Monday, doctors in the Bahamas conducted an autopsy on Jett, though no official results have been disclosed.

Because there was no foul play, the body was released immediately to the Travolta family.

Jett was pronounced dead by an emergency room doctor at 12:14 pm on Jan. 2.
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The autopsy of John Travolta and Kelly Preston’s 16-year-old son, Jett, has been completed in the Bahamas.

No results have been disclosed and the official cause of death still remains a mystery. Bahamian Minister of Health Hubert Minnis did not say whether the report would be made public.

Jett’s body is currently awaiting transfer to the Grand Bahamas Restview Memorial Mortuary, where a viewing may take place tomorrow. The remains are expected to be flown back to the U.S. on Wednesday for a funeral in Ocala, Fla., where the Travoltas have a home.

Two pathologists worked to determine what exactly caused the tragic Friday death. The local coroner in Freeport was joined by a United States-certified specialist, who was flown in from Nassau at dawn.

The dual pathologist reports were intended to ensure accuracy and provide a more thorough analysis of what transpired.

A report out of the Bahamas also claimed that the Travolta family doctor had been flown in to observe this morning’s autopsy after getting special clearance from the health ministry.

Jett’s body was discovered by a caretaker Friday morning and, based on statements by Travolta family lawyer Michael Ossi and Bahamian authorities, the teenager, who suffered from Kawasaki disease, hit his head on the bathtub in his room at the Old Bahama Bay resort after suffering a seizure.

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John Travolta’s lawyers — who are close family friends — reveal to Usmagazine.com that Jett may have died in his father’s arms Friday. “Yesterday was the worst day of [John's] life,” Travolta’s lawyer and confidant, Michael McDermott, and Michael Ossi, the family’s attorney, tell Us in a phone interview (during which they asked all quotes to be jointly attributed).

Us: How is John doing?

Ossi and McDermott: “John is distraught. He is trying to understand and reconcile this. He is seeking an explanation so that this makes sense to him. And his loved ones are trying to provide that to him.

“Yesterday was the worst day of his life. Today is probably equally as bad, and if not, it’s the second worst day of his life.

“John is recognizing the outpouring of support he has got from both the U.S. and the world. He can feel the love and he says it makes him stronger and hopefully it allows him to reconcile.

“He is undergoing the pain any father would if they lost his son. Generally a son buries his father, and John thought that would be the way it would go with Jett, not the other way around.

“He is in shock. He is emotionally distraught. He is going through many different feelings of disbelief and anger. It’s going to take a while for him to feel good again. This is the most traumatic thing that has ever happened to him and he needs to go through a process of healing. John and Kelly are suffering total misery. They were so close to their son. This is hard to accept.

“He had set a vacation for his employees and friends. Forty-nine adults and their children were coming here [to the Bahamas] from Jan. 2nd to 4th. We were all so excited to spend some days with John. We were on the plane and we had no idea, and then we landed and we found out. Every year he holds a party for friends and employees and this year he had the idea to fly us all to his condo. We were planning to hang out on the beach, go for boat rides and spend time with the family.”

Us: Have John and Kelly spent time with anyone since everyone arrived?

Ossi and McDermott: “John and Kelly have been pretty much locked away.

“We are staying here until John leaves. The autopsy should be on Monday.”

Us: How is Jett’s 8-year-old sister, Ella Bleu, taking it?

Ossi and McDermott: “John broke the news to Ella. She is heartbroken. She is in disbelief, but it is starting to sink in. She has been asking where her brother is. She was so close to Jett. The whole family were so close. They went everywhere together. If John made a movie, they were all there with him.

Us: It’s been reported that Jett was left alone for several hours before being discovered. Can you clarify the timeline?

Ossi and McDermott: “Jett was not left alone. He had a nanny present at all times. The nanny was sleeping close to Jett’s room. There was a baby monitor, a chime on the door so it was known when Jett was going in and out. He was completely supervised. The nanny found him.”

Us: Is it true that Jett died in John’s arms?

Ossi and McDermott: “Jett may have still been alive when John administered CPR, and then the EMT took over. Jett was pronounced dead at the hospital. I like to believe John had a chance to say goodbye. He may have died in his dad’s arms. I am not certain.”

Us: It’s been said Jett had a history of seizures. How often did he have them?

Ossi and McDermott: “I am not confident to talk about that. I know he had a history, which of course warranted the extra attention.”

Us: You obviously knew Jett well. What was his personality like?

Ossi and McDermott: “He was a wonderful boy. He had physical limitations, but when he looked in his dad’s eyes, the love was tangible. When he grabbed onto his dad, he did not want to let him go.”

The cause of 16-year-old Jett Travolta’s death could be determined later today, as two clinical and forensic pathologists are set to perform an autopsy in the Bahamas.

Arrangements are also currently being made for Jett’s body to be transported to Ocala, Fla., near the family’s home in the Jumbolair fly-in community.

The 16-year-old son of John Travolta and Kelly Preston died Friday at the family’s vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island. He hit his head on a bathtub after suffering a seizure. (The boy had a history of having seizures.)

“John is distraught. He is trying to understand and reconcile this,” Travolta’s lawyer and confidant, Michael McDermott, and Michael Ossi, the family’s attorney, told Usmagazine.com Saturday in a joint telephone interview.

Travolta and Preston said they were “heartbroken” in a statement on her Web site Sunday.

“Jett was the most wonderful son that two parents could ever ask for and lit up the lives of everyone he encountered,” they said.

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John Travolta and Kelly Preston are speaking out for the first time since the tragic death of their son Jett Travolta, thanking fans the world over for their support.

“We would like to extend our deepest and most heartfelt thanks to everyone who has sent their love and condolences,” they said in a statement posted on Preston’s Web site Sunday.

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

“We have received many messages of condolence from around the world and we want to thank everyone for their prayers and support. It has meant so much to us. It is a beautiful reminder of the inherent goodness in the human spirit that gives us hope for a brighter future.”

Jett, 16, died Friday while on vacation with his family in the Bahamas.

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Jett Travolta, the 16-year-old son of actor John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston, died Friday while on vacation with his family in the Bahamas.

Michael Ossi, a lawyer for the family, told Reuters that Jett suffered a seizure at his family’s vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island. The death was first reported by TMZ.

Attempts were made to revive him, but he died at the scene, Ossi said.

Jett, who had a history of seizures, is the only son of Travolta and Preston. They also have a daughter, Ella Bleu, 8.

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