Investigators remain on the scene working to gather evidence two days after 25-year-old Guy Edward Bartkus was identified as the suspect allegedly responsible for an explosion at a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, Calif.
On Saturday, the FBI confirmed Bartkus, a resident of Twentynine Palms, as the suspect they believe set off a car bomb at the American Reproductive Centers, an IVF clinic. Monday afternoon, Akil Davis, the assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles field office, confirmed the remains found at the scene near a 2010 silver Ford Fusion sedan were a positive match to Bartkus. Davis called the attack “an intentional act of terrorism” and the largest bombing in Southern California, adding that Barkus was not on the FBI’s radar prior to this weekend.
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Source: CBS News
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