Bombing Suspect Found Dead in Jail Just Weeks After Arrest

Los Angeles CA The man accused of helping build the bomb that exploded outside a California fertility clinic last month has died in federal custody just days after arriving in the U S to face charges Bombing Suspect Exposed Dead in Jail Just Weeks After Arrest Daniel Jongyon Park was detected unresponsive inside his jail cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles early Monday morning Prison staff attempted life-saving measures and rushed him to the hospital but he was pronounced dead soon after Park was facing federal conspiracy and terrorism charges for allegedly supplying the explosive chemicals used in a deadly bombing outside the American Reproductive Centers clinic in Palm Springs on May The blast declared an act of domestic terrorism killed the main suspect Guy Bartkus and injured four others According to federal investigators Park and Bartkus met in extremist online forums dedicated to anti-natalism a fringe ideology that opposes human reproduction Officers believe the two tested explosives together earlier this year and plotted to attack a fertility clinic as a symbolic target Park fled the country after the bombing and was arrested weeks later in Poland He was extradited to the U S and arrived at the Los Angeles detention facility on June His sudden death just days later has sparked new questions and frustration among those hoping for justice The Bureau of Prisons has not circulated a cause of death While Park s attorney suggested the possibility of suicide federal agencies including the FBI and U S Marshals are now inspecting to determine exactly what happened For casualties of the bombing and the broader masses Park s death cuts short any hope of a full courtroom reckoning He may have held crucial information about Bartkus s system and motives answers that may now never come Leaders say the event underscores the growing threat posed by online extremist communities especially those fueled by conspiracy theories and radical ideologies