Pictured here is Mervyn Bock, 40.
Knysna mother Velia Strydom was allegedly strangled to death by her boyfriend, Mervyn Bock, who soon after Googled 'how to get away with murder'.
Family spokesperson and Strydom's uncle, Warrick Langisa, said her four children were struggling to come to terms with her death.
"As one might imagine, it is incredibly hard for her kids. The youngest is only 12 years old and taking it very hard," Langisa said.
Strydom was allegedly killed by Bock, at his Trotter Street flat in Knysna in December. Her body was then wrapped in a sheet and dumped. Her decomposing body was found six days later.
