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Fringe theories, a friend’s death and massive explosives: Portrait emerges of Palm Springs bombing suspect

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Authorities are investigating what appear to be radical views the Palm Springs bombing suspect expressed online in the months before Saturday’s attack at a fertility clinic.
The FBI confirmed it was reviewing a manifesto and other content to determine whether they were the work of Guy Edward Bartkus, a 25-year-old “with nihilistic ideations” who they believe was killed in the blast. One reason for the interest in the manifesto is that its author explicitly threatened an attack on a fertility clinic.
Bartkus is suspected of detonating a massive bomb outside the American Reproductive Centers, causing extensive damage.

“He’s from Twentynine Palms, and so my question would be: Is he ex-military?” said Perez, who handled explosives during his time with the Navy. “And that’s one of the questions that investigators will have to determine: did he have access to those materials?”

"Twentynine Palms is home to the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, which is touted as the world’s largest Marine Corps training base.  Bartkus was not a Marine, said Yvonne Carlock, a United States Marine spokesperson for manpower and reserve affairs."

"The Times could not yet verify whether Bartkus had any other affiliation with the base."

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-05-19/what-we-know-about-guy-edward-bartkus