Guy Bartkus, the only suspect in a fatal car bombardment that took place outside a fertility center in Palm Springs, California, on May 17, seems to have operated multiple social media accounts where he published videos of homemade explosive devices and messages that point to their plans.
The law agents are reviewing the accounts, which is believed to be operated by Bartkus, said a source familiar with ABC News investigation.
On this screen, a video grip, the rubble cover the street after an explosion in Palm Springs, California, on May 17, 2025.
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A snapshot of a YouTube channel was saved, entitled “Evolution of the accusation”, was saved in an online file before the platform channel was removed.
The file contains videos dating from at least six years and indicating an interest in experimenting with explosives and homemade chemicals.
Several videos show what seems to be tests of homemade explosive devices.
Other videos suggested interest in radioactive materials, with titles such as “Uranium Mine next to the Geiger Accountant” and “Thorite of the Torio mine”.
A YouTube spokesman, when asked about the “accuse evolution” account, said: “We finished the channels associated with the suspect.”
The channel was no longer available from Sunday.
The spokesman added that the accounts had been eliminated by violating the platform policy on violent extremism.
The FBI identified the 25 -year -old Edward Bartkus type from Twentynine Palms, California, seen in this photo provided by the FBI, such as the suspect in a bombing of a car that occurred on May 17, 2025, outside a fertility clinic in Palm Springs.
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One of the YouTube account videos was shared on May 12 to a controversial message board dedicated to suicide. The account that shared the YouTube video there went through the same username that the police believe that it belonged to Bartkus, according to a source familiar with the investigation.
On May 5, a publication in that account mentioned a failed suicide attempt that involved drugs and a homemade explosive device.
On Thursday, that account published again, detailing disturbing plans for a death due to carbon monoxide poisoning. In a monitoring publication, the user referred to “an additional drama that probably shouldn’t say haha.”
The suspect was identified on Sunday afternoon as the 25 -year -old Edward Bartkus type from Twentynine Palms, which is about 50 miles from Palm Springs, according to Akil Davis, deputy director in charge of the FBI Los Angeles Field Office.
It is believed that Bartkus is the person found dead next to the detonated vehicle, Davis said.
The fertility clinic near the explosion, the American Palm Springs reproductive centers, said in a statement that the members of their staff, as well as eggs, embryos and reproductive materials, were unharmed in the explosion.
