Anna Maria Thomas , 61 , met Felix Gutierrez-Cortez at church in June 2013 . Pensioner wanted him to live with her in Putney , London , to act as a carer . Also wanted to avoid reduction in housing benefit due to second bedroom . But six months later , she was found strangled to death , wrapped in a duvet . The case has been linked by police and prosecutors to the murder of Ms Thomas, who had worked for an IT company called 'Digital City' which specialises in providing services such as online banking and email
Anna Maria Thomas , 61 , met Felix Gutierrez-Cortez at church in June 2013 . Pensioner wanted him to live with her in Putney , London , to act as a carer . Also wanted to avoid reduction in housing benefit due to second bedroom . But six months later , she was found strangled to death , wrapped in a duvet . Paranoid schizophrenic Gutierrez-Cortez , 34 , convicted of manslaughter .