Alleged co-conspirator in Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing dies in federal custody

An accused co-conspirator in last month’s terror attack at a Palm Springs, California, fertility clinic has died in federal custody, authorities confirmed.Daniel Park, 32, had been facing conspiracy charges for allegedly shipping explosive materials to Guy Edward Bartkus, who detonated a car bomb at the American Reproductive Centers clinic in the SoCal desert oasis.“Daniel Park was found unresponsive at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Los Angeles, California.Responding employees initiated life-saving measures.

… Mr.Park was transported by EMS to a local hospital and subsequently pronounced deceased,” the Federal Bureau of Prisons said in a statement.The Bureau did not share further details about the nature of Park’s death.Park had been arrested in Poland, where he had traveled shortly after the attack, and was swiftly turned over to U.S.

authorities.Authorities accused Park of supplying Bartkus with 180 pounds of ammonium nitrate, which Bartkus apparently used to fashion an explosive device in his home bomb lab in the town of Twentynine Palms, less than an hour’s drive from Palm Springs....