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According to an advertisement placed in today’s Daily Press by Town Clerk Alfred Sedillo, the Silver City Town Council will vote tonight to approve a $10 million settlement with the family of Nikki Bascom. Bascom was murdered on April 21, 2016, by her former partner, Silver City Police Capt. Mark Contreras, before he turned the gun on himself in the driveway of a Silver City home. “Announcing the settlement at …