Suspected Accomplice in Palm Springs Fertility Clinic Bombing Dies After Jumping from Prison Upper Level
Los Angeles, California, June 26, 2025 — Daniel Jongyon Park, a 32-year-old Seattle man accused of aiding the May 17, 2025, bombing of a Palm Springs fertility clinic, died Tuesday after reportedly jumping from an upper tier of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, federal sources confirmed.
Park was found unresponsive around 7:30 a.m. at the federal facility, where he had been held since June 13 following his arrest at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. Federal sources told TMZ that Park stepped onto a table on an upper level of the prison and jumped, plummeting to the ground floor. Despite life-saving efforts by prison staff and emergency medical services, he was pronounced dead at a local hospital. His lawyer, Peter Hardin, indicated the death appeared to be a suicide, though the FBI is investigating.
Park was charged with conspiracy to manufacture an unregistered device and providing material support for terrorism in connection to the car bombing at the American Reproductive Centers in Palm Springs. The attack, which killed the primary suspect, 25-year-old Guy Edward Bartkus, and injured four others, was described by the FBI as an “intentional act of terrorism.” Prosecutors alleged Park supplied 270 pounds of ammonium nitrate, a key explosive precursor, to Bartkus, with whom he shared a “pro-mortalist, anti-natalist, and anti-pro-life” ideology. The two reportedly met online in fringe forums and conducted bomb-making experiments in Bartkus’ garage in Twentynine Palms, California.
The bombing, which occurred outside the clinic’s business hours, damaged the facility’s office but left its IVF lab and reproductive materials unharmed. Bartkus, who died in the blast, left a manifesto and audio recording expressing anger over his existence and targeting the clinic to wage “a war against pro-lifers,” driven by nihilistic and anti-natalist beliefs.
What’s Next? The FBI and U.S. Marshals Service are investigating Park’s death, with no official cause yet released. The bombing has reignited debates over reproductive rights and the safety of fertility clinics, especially after recent controversies like Florida’s abortion laws. The incident’s ties to online extremism highlight growing concerns about nihilistic ideologies fueling violence, potentially shaping future counterterrorism efforts.
