Brooklyn cold case killer gets 25 years to life in prison

A 40-year-old man convicted in the 2004 murder of a Brooklyn teenager after a 2016 DNA analysis of the victim's fingernails linked him to the cold case was sentenced to the maximum of 25 years to life in prison Friday.

The naked body of 17-year-old Sharabia Thomas was discovered on the afternoon of February 11, 2004, inside two laundry bags on the side of an alleyway adjacent to 130 Palmetto Street in Bushwick.

The victim suffered blunt force trauma to her head, face and torso and had visible ligature marks on her wrists and ankles. The cause of death was determined to be asphyxia by neck compression. There was no evidence of a sexual assault.

Kwauhuru Govan, formerly of Gates Avenue in Bushwick, was convicted of second-degree murder. He learned his fate after the judge heard victim impact statements from Thomas' sisters.

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