Fertility Clinic Bombing Suspect Dies in Custody

Daniel Park, 32, was accused of shipping chemicals to Palm Springs bomber
Posted Jun 4, 2025 11:00 AM CDT
Updated Jun 24, 2025 6:44 PM CDT
Cops Nab Alleged Supplier of Fertility Clinic Bomb
Damage to a building is seen after an explosion in Palm Springs, California, on May 17.   (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
UPDATE Jun 24, 2025 6:44 PM CDT

A suspect accused of being an accomplice in last month's bombing of a fertility clinic has died in federal custody. The Bureau of Prisons said Tuesday that Daniel Park, 32, was found unresponsive at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles and employees were unable to resuscitate him, CBS News reports. The cause of death was not disclosed. Park fled to Poland days after the Palm Springs bombing and was arrested after he was deported back to the US. He was accused of shipping chemicals used to make homemade explosives to the main suspect, 25-year-old Guy Bartkus, who was killed in the blast. Prosecutors said Bartkus and Park shared nihilistic beliefs, feeling that "individuals should not be born without their consent and that non-existence is best."

Jun 4, 2025 11:00 AM CDT

Authorities are set to announce an arrest in last month's bombing of a fertility clinic in California's Palm Springs. The main suspect, 25-year-old Guy Edward Bartkus, died in the car bomb blast just outside American Reproductive Centers, which injured four others. The FBI said he targeted the facility and left behind "anti-pro-life" writings. A 32-year-old linked to Bartkus has now been arrested, per Reuters. He's named as Daniel Park of Washington state, per NBC News, which reports investigators were looking into whether he supplied bomb materials. He was arrested at New York's JFK Airport on Tuesday evening and is expected to appear in a Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday afternoon before his transfer to California, per ABC News and WBAL.

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