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Daniel Park, suspect linked to California fertility clinic bombing, dies in federal custody

Credited from: LATIMES

  • Daniel Park, 32, died in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles.
  • He was charged with supplying chemicals for the May 17 bombing at a fertility clinic.
  • Park’s death occurred just weeks after his extradition from Poland.

Daniel Park, a 32-year-old man from Washington state, was found unresponsive at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles on June 24, according to the Bureau of Prisons. After life-saving measures were initiated, he was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The cause of his death remains unclear, and both the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service have been notified, as this incident follows Park's charged involvement in a bombing attributed to terrorism that occurred on May 17 at a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, according to CBS News, HuffPost, and ABC News.

Park was charged with providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists and had shipped around 270 pounds of ammonium nitrate to Guy Edward Bartkus, the primary suspect, who died in the explosion. Investigators revealed that the two men had formed a bond over their shared anti-natalist beliefs, which advocate against procreation, and had connected through fringe online forums. The explosion itself caused significant damage to the clinic and resulted in nearby buildings being affected, as described in reports by Los Angeles Times, Reuters, and Le Monde.

Park, who had fled to Poland shortly after the bombing, was apprehended on June 3 at New York's JFK Airport upon being extradited. He had been detained in the Los Angeles facility since June 13, awaiting trial. His online activities leading up to the incident revealed a pattern of interest in explosives and a disturbing recruitment effort within anti-natalist circles. Authorities reported that experiments with explosives were conducted in Bartkus’ garage before the bombing, underscoring the gravity of their collaboration, according to SFGate and HuffPost.

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