Federal authorities accused of supplying the explosive chemicals used in the bombing of a California fertility clinic reportedly died in federal custody three weeks after their arrest.
Authorities discovered Daniel Park, 32, unresponsive at the Los Angeles Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) on Tuesday and took him to the hospital where he was declared dead, prison officials said. According to Associated Press (AP). Officials issued no cause of death.
Search for the Federal Prison Bureau Inmate database Using Park’s first name and last name gave some results, but only one 32-year-old suspect with the same name in MDC. “All visits at this facility have been suspended until further notice.” Red alert About the MDCs mentioned at the time of this report.
Park and Bertus, a 25-year-old man, accused of being bombed May 17 in the bombing of the Fertility Clinic in Palm Springs, California, were suspected of being anti-Natalists and rulers. Bartkus left “anti-life” online, authorities said. “I think we need a war with pro-lifers,” he was suspected of having. It is written.
“When people are lost and distraught, death is always an option,” Park allegedly wrote online in 2016.
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Federal authorities arrested Park at John F. Kennedy Airport on June 3 following extradition from Poland. Ministry of Justice. He committed suicide on May 17th, accused of providing Bartos with a large amount of explosive precursor chemicals he would ultimately use to blow up a Palm Springs fertility clinic. Federal prosecutors said the park travelled to Europe four days after the bombing. (Related: “Chlorine Bomb”: Feds stop Oregon teenagers from passing through a coordinated mass shooting event)
Palm Springs, California – May 17: Investigators are looking at possible evidence near an American reproductive center following the bomb explosion in Palm Springs, California on May 17, 2025. The suspected bomber is believed to have been posted to social media before the explosion. Police say one person was confirmed dead at the scene. (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)
The park first shipped about 180 pounds of ammonium nitrate to Bertoks, then moved to the latter residence, where he stayed with him from January 25th to February 8th, where he conducted experiments in Bertoks’ room and garage, according to the federal affidavit. Bartkus is said to have asked an AI chatbot about how to use fuel and ammonium nitrate to create a powerful explosion three days before Park arrived.
Park also claimed that federal prosecutors “had paid an additional £90 (40.8 kilograms) of ammonium nitrate” that Burtos received a few days before the suicide bombing.
Investigators are said to find chemicals often used in garage improvisation bombs where two suspects were believed to have conducted experiments using chemicals.
Editor’s Note: Headlines have been updated to reflect that he was declared dead in the hospital.
