According to a report, the bomber who destroyed a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California Saturday has been identified, and he is allegedly 25-year-old Guy Edward Bartkus, who hails from the nearby desert city of Twentynine Palms. One person was killed (many are speculating that it was the bomber, although that hasn’t been officially announced yet), and four were wounded in the explosion that left a 250-yard debris field and could be felt miles away.
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According to a 30-minute audiotape he left behind, Bartkus was a “pro-mortalist,” which is a bizarre philosophy that, among other things, decries the fact that we didn’t give our consent to be born.
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
The FBI is investigating the Palm Springs explosion as an act of terror.
According to @karol, the suspect is Guy Edward Bartkus, 25 of Twentynine Palms, California.
She says he left a rambling message about how he never consented to being born. pic.twitter.com/F2zDansqgZ
— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) May 18, 2025
Bartkus explained in his twisted recording that he’s “angry” that he even exists. He also tried to videotape the attack:
“I figured I would just make a recording explaining why I’ve decided to bomb an IVF building, or clinic,” he said at the beginning of the recording. “Basically, it just comes down to I’m angry that I exist and that, you know, nobody got my consent to bring me here.”
Describing himself as anti-life, he adds: “I’m very against [IVF], it’s extremely wrong. These are people who are having kids after they’ve sat there and thought about it. How much more stupid can it get?”
Bartkus also set up a tripod with a camera in an effort to film his attack, but the file failed to upload to his website.
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Related: Palm Springs Explosion Press Conference: ‘Make No Mistake: This Was an Intentional Act of Terrorism’
This supposedly is his house:
FBI currently at the Adobe Rd home of 25-year-old Guy Edward Bartkus.
Conducting a search warrant.
Bartkus was the fertility clinic bomber in Palm Springs California. https://t.co/553KZp5RFT pic.twitter.com/1EmGirUWP5— JLR© (@JLRINVESTIGATES) May 18, 2025
His demented website can be found here, according to some reports, and on it he describes some disturbing actions:
In a FAQ section of his website, he further explains that his best friend Sophie recently died after convincing her boyfriend to shoot her while she slept. “IIRC we had agreed that if one of us died, the other would probably soon follow,” Bartkus wrote.
His description seemed to match the death of 27-year-old Sophie Tinney in Fox Island, Washington on April 22. Police arrested her boyfriend, 29-year-old Lars Eugene Nelson, and believe Tinney convinced Nelson to shoot her in the head as she slept. Nelson was charged with second-degree murder.
Bartkus is believed to be the only person who was killed in Saturday’s bombing at American Reproductive Centers, though officials have yet to formally identify his remains.
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As we reported earlier, authorities have officially declared the attack an act of terror.
This was the twisted act of a twisted mind, but we can be grateful that the results were not worse. An explosion of that size in a crowded area would have had devastating results. Presumably, the focus of the investigation will be to find out how such an erratic person was able to engineer or get such a device—and nobody seems to have noticed.