Complex sentence: Bob goes back to the gas station for help; upon investigation he finds news clippings detailing various disappearances that have occurred in the area, and realizes the attendant purposefully led them to danger by suggesting they take an alternative route through the hills.
Split into simpler sentences: Bob goes back to the gas station for help, and upon investigation finds news clippings detailing various disappearances that have occurred in the area. He realizes that the attendant purposefully led them to danger by suggesting they take an alternative route through the hills.