Complex sentence: In May 1889 Sparre managed to persuade Elvira to leave her family and the circus to live with him instead, after just two months Sparre murdered Elvira, and then he himself committed suicide.
Split into simpler sentences: In May 1889 Sparre managed to persuade Elvira to leave her family and the circus to live with him instead. After just two months Sparre murdered Elvira, and then he himself committed suicide.