Complex sentence: A ten-year old boy was reportedly killed and swallowed in South Africa in 2002, and a three-year old boy was reportedly strangled by a 7 1/2 foot African rock python in Centralia, Illinois in 2000.
Split into simpler sentences: A ten-year old boy was reportedly killed and swallowed in South Africa in 2002. A three-year old boy was reportedly strangled by a 7 1/2 foot African rock python in Centralia, Illinois in 2000.