Guy Edward Bartkus, the suspect in the Palm Springs explosion that damaged a fertility clinic, left behind "anti-pro-life" writings, officials said.

Guy Edward Bartkus, the 25-year-old Twentynine Palms man who FBI investigators believe responsible for the bombing outside of a Palm Springs fertility clinic on Saturday, May 17, 2025.

PALM SPRINGS, CA — Several days after the fatal explosion near a Southern California fertility clinic, a clearer picture has begun to emerge of the suspect and the motivation for the attack.

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Mills, the Palm Springs police chief, told CNN Monday he was “very confident” Guy Edward Bartkus acted alone at the scene of the explosion that rocked the fertility clinic, but added, “we ...

The FBI has named Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, of Twentynine Palms, California, who died in the Palm Springs blast, as the suspect in the bombing. The FBI confirmed Bartkus' DNA matched that of the ...