Complex sentence: In California in 1950, Billy Cook murdered a family of five and a travelling salesman, then kidnapped two prospectors and took them to Mexico to kill them & ndashl the Mexican police captured him before he could carry out his plan.
Split into simpler sentences: In California in 1950, Billy Cook murdered a family of five and a travelling salesman, then kidnapped two prospectors and took them to Mexico to kill them. The Mexican police captured him before he could carry out his plan.