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WA man charged with supplying chemicals in CA bombing dies in jail

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Published  June 24, 2025 4:20pm EDT
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Kent man found dead in custody after CA bombing

Kent man found dead in custody after CA bombing

Daniel Park, a Kent, Washington man, charged with aiding the bomber of a fertility clinic in California has died after he was found unresponsive in federal custody.

The Brief

    • Daniel Park, a Kent, Washington man, charged with aiding the bomber of a fertility clinic in California has died after he was found unresponsive in federal custody.
    • Park, 32, was arrested earlier this month after he was extradited from Poland, where he fled to four days after the attack.
    • Park was accused of supplying chemicals to Guy Edward Bartkus of California, the bomber, who died in the May 17 explosion.

LOS ANGELES - A Kent man charged with aiding the bomber of a fertility clinic in California has died after he was found unresponsive in federal custody, officials said on Tuesday.

Daniel Park, 32, was arrested earlier this month after he was extradited from Poland, where he fled to four days after the attack.

Park was found unresponsive in Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles Tuesday morning and was pronounced dead at the hospital, prison officials said. No cause of death was provided.

The FBI has announced the arrest of a man from Kent, Washington, in connection with last month's deadly explosion outside a Palm Springs fertility clinic. On Wednesday, the FBI held a press conference detailing the investigation and how they were able to connect 32-year-old Daniel Park to the car bombing that injured numerous victims, destroyed the clinic's building and damaged surrounding buildings on May 17. Who is Daniel Park? Daniel Park was taken into custody Monday night at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City after being deported from Poland, where he had been detained by local law enforcement. He is accused of supporting another man who followed through with a car bombing outside a Palm Springs fertility clinic on May 17.

(FBI Los Angeles)

The backstory:

Park was accused of supplying chemicals to Guy Edward Bartkus of California, the bomber, who died in the May 17 explosion. Authorities said he also traveled to California to experiment with them in the bomber’s garage months before the attack.

Authorities say Barkus had anti-natalist and anti-pro-life views. The explosion injured several people, destroyed the clinic building and created a debris field about 250 yards wide.

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Federal investigators allege that Park, who shared the same ideology as Barkus, had been posting anti-natalist ideologies on internet forums dating back to 2016.

Records show Park shipped about 180 pounds of ammonium nitrate, commonly used in homemade explosives, to Barkus. Authorities say he also purchased an additional 90 pounds in the days leading up to the May 17 attack.

The Source: Information in this story came from the Associated Press and original reporting by FOX 13 Seattle. 

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