Complex sentence: At the morgue, just as she is about to be embalmed, the machine malfunctions and the staff do not embalm her, despite Randy having previously requested that Laura's body be embalmed twice.
Split into simpler sentences: At the morgue, as Laura is about to be embalmed, the machine malfunctions. As a result the staff does not embalm her, despite Randy having previously requested that her body be embalmed twice.