Complex sentence: Relations with the French worsened still further in April 1974, when Brigette Miroux's body was discovered in a hotel room in Bangui and it was reported in the French media that she had been Bokassa's mistress and that he was responsible for her murder.
Split into simpler sentences: Relations with the French worsened still further in April 1974, when Brigette Miroux's body was discovered in a hotel room in Bangui. It was reported in the French media that she had been Bokassa's mistress and that he was responsible for her murder.