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The suspect in the Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing who died in federal custody this week jumped to his death from an upper level of the California prison where he was locked up, according to a report.

Daniel Park, 32, was found unresponsive at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles early Tuesday, but the Bureau of Prisons stopped short of releasing any details about his demise.

Sources have since told TMZ the Seattle man is believed to have stepped onto a table and then plunged to the ground floor of the facility.


  Daniel Jongyon Park was found unresponsive at the Metropolitan Detention Center on Tuesday. via REUTERS Daniel Jongyon Park was found unresponsive at the Metropolitan Detention Center on Tuesday. via REUTERS

It wasn’t clear how many floors he fell.

Park was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was later pronounced dead, the Bureau said in a brief statement at the time.

The inmate had been facing conspiracy charges for allegedly shipping explosive materials to Guy Edward Bartkus, the bomber who died in the May 17 explosion at the American Reproductive Centers clinic.


  The Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles. AP The Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles. AP

The feds had accused Park of securing 270 pounds of ammonium nitrate for Bartkus and shipping it to the suicide bomber in the lead up to the attack.

He purchased ammonium nitrate online in a slew of transactions between October 2022 and May 2025, a federal complaint charged.

Park also traveled to Bartkus’ home to experiment with the explosives in his garage just months before the attack, according to the court papers.


  The American Reproductive Centers office is damaged after an explosion, in Palm Springs, California. ALLISON DINNER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock The American Reproductive Centers office is damaged after an explosion, in Palm Springs, California. ALLISON DINNER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

The pair are believed to have connected in fringe online forums over their shared beliefs against human procreation, investigators said.

The blast gutted the Palm Springs clinic and injured scores of people, but no one was killed and no embryos were destroyed. 

Park was in Poland at the time of the bombing.

He was taken into custody by Polish authorities before being extradited to the US.

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