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Two immigrants’ paths merge in a volatile relationship ending in murder
In the dark, early-morning hours of May 16, 2024, Esmeralda Contreras Mata endured a horrific death at the hands of the father of her three youngest children. Thabiso Makhafola, 31, raped and beat Mata, 25, before bludgeoning her with a hatchet and leaving her to die in the house they shared in Security-Widefield, according to…