A resident of Washington state who had been implicated in aiding a fertility clinic bomber based in Southern California tragically passed away under federal custody only mere weeks following his detainment, according to statements delivered by prison authorities. Identified as Daniel Park, age 32, he stood accused of being the primary supplier of chemicals to Guy Edward Bartkus, the individual behind the explosion, who himself succumbed in the aftermath of the bombing event on May 17. Park, a native of the Seattle suburbs, was reportedly found unconscious during the morning hours of Tuesday at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, later being declared dead upon arrival at a local hospital. While the prison authorities acknowledged his death, they refrained from mentioning a specific cause.
Park and Bartkus reportedly managed to establish contact through various obscure online platforms, where they discovered their mutual ideologies against the concept of human reproduction. Indeed, investigators have claimed that these shared beliefs played a significant role in the events leading to the tragedy that unfolded. The catastrophic explosion resulted in complete damage of the clinic located in Palm Springs, situated towards the east of Los Angeles. The explosive impact also shattered the glass windows of adjacent structures, leading authorities to classify this barbaric incident as a terrorist act.
Following the unfortunate incident, officials decided to close down the facility. On a more fortunate note, none of the embryos present within the establishment suffered any damage. As traced by investigators, Park had allegedly managed to send 180 pounds of ammonium nitrate to Bartkus in the first month of the year. Additionally, he ordered another 90 pounds of the compound shipping it just days prior to the explosion.
Recounting the series of incidents leading up to the bombing, an official complaint presented to the federal authorities show that Park conducted several online transactions scattered between October 2022 and May 2025. All these transactions were to acquire ammonium nitrate. Additionally, the complaint claims that Park made a trip to Twentynine Palms, California, situated close to Palm Springs, to perform some ‘explosive experiments’ in Bartkus’ garage before launching the attack.
Furthermore, the complaint includes a harrowing detail that three days just before Park’s visit in January, Bartkus was seen inquiring about explosives and related topics like detonation speed, suitable fuel mixtures comprising diesel and gasoline from an AI chat service. Their conversations were mainly centered around creating the most impactful blast.
Police apprehended Park on June 3, at the John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. He was promptly extradited from Poland, the country he managed to escape to in the four days following the bombing. The charges leveled against him included providing and attempting to provide material support to instances of terrorism. Upon his arrest, Park was sent to the Metropolitan Detention Center where he had been since June 13th.
Officials from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, responsible for prosecuting the case, forwarded all queries regarding Park’s death to the Bureau of Prisons for clarification. On a closer inspection of their association, it was revealed that both Park and Bartkus were strongly bonded over a shared belief that ‘humans should cease to exist’.
They were both followers of anti-natalism, a philosophical theory standing against the practice of childbirth and population expansion, advocating for the discontinuation of procreation. It has emerged, officials claim, that Bartkus deliberately chose to terrorize the American Reproductive Centers. This facility is known for aiding individuals in their endeavor to conceive, offering services like in vitro fertilization techniques and fertility assessments.
According to digital history, Park seemed to be a regular contributor to a subreddit dedicated to anti-natalist discussions, tracing back to almost a decade ago. In the year 2016, he expressed his interest in encouraging more people to subscribe to the anti-natalist philosophy, referring to the movement, curiously enough, as one ‘filled with hope’.
Within legal documentation, one can find quotes from Park indicating his bleak outlook towards life such as, ‘When people are lost and distraught, death is always an option.’ Any refutation of such a mindset arrived from Park’s family, who mentioned to federal investigators about his ‘pro-mortalist’ proclamations ever since his high school days.
More recently, Park’s digital footprints in March revealed his post on the forum in which he talked about seeking fellow anti-natalists in and vicinity of Washington state. His proposal included orchestrating protests or organizing in-person events, suggesting a desire for more active means to advocate for the movement.
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