Man Found Dead Outside Fertility Clinic Following Bombing Incident
A man who was previously charged in connection with a deadly car bombing has been discovered deceased outside a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California. At the time of his death, he was still under federal custody.
According to the Federal Prisons Bureau, Daniel Park, 32, was found unresponsive around 7:30 a.m. local time on a Tuesday. Staff at the administrative facility attempted lifesaving measures before contacting emergency medical services. Park was subsequently taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The FBI had already identified Guy Edward Burtos, 25, as the bomber who perished in the explosion.
Park was arrested on June 3 in relation to the bombing at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. Federal authorities indicate that he allegedly supplied Burtos with significant amounts of chemical precursors intended for explosive production.
During a search of a residence connected to Park in Seattle, investigators found documents containing a formula for explosives that closely resembled those used in the Oklahoma City bombing.
Officials claim Park delivered “180 pounds of ammonium nitrate” to Burtos, leading to the tragic explosion.
U.S. Attorney Bill Essayri described the chemicals involved as precursors that can be utilized to construct homemade explosives. Park had been traveling to Twentynine Palms, California, for a bomb-making test with Burtos earlier in the year. The two reportedly met online through a forum focused on the “anti-Natalist movement.”
Burtos intentionally targeted the fertility clinic as part of an act of domestic terrorism, even attempting to stream the explosion live online. Webcasts are a method of broadcasting audio and video over the Internet, similar to traditional media formats.
The explosion resulted in the destruction of the American Reproductive Center fertility clinic and caused extensive damage to nearby businesses, with reports of shattered windows along the palm boulevard.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondy condemned the bombing as “a particularly cruel and disgusting crime that struck at the very center of our shared humanity.”
