New York Post

GOON: SAVE MY ‘SOLE’

‘Killer’s scuffed-shoe whine

- By JAMIE SCHRAM

All that matters to this accused murderer are his shiny white shoes.

A possible Brooklyn serial killer charged with two gruesome slayings expressed no remorse for his victims in an interview with cops — but instead complained that his sneakers got “scuffed up” while in custody, a law-enforcemen­t source told The Post.

Kwauhuru Govan, 38, wouldn’t cooperate with police after his arrest Wednesday for the murder of a teenager who was found dismembere­d in a bag in Brooklyn in 2005, sources said.

When he refused to leave his holding cell for his arraignmen­t, police dragged him out, marking up his squeaky clean sneaks (inset), sources said.

Only then did the accused killer get emotional.

“He kept complainin­g about his sneakers being all scuffed up,” one source said. “He was very upset about his plain white sneakers getting dirty. What a jerk.”

Investigat­ors noted that Govan — whom NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said could be a serial killer — never bothered mentioning the two teens he allegedly murdered.

“So he’s carrying on about his stupid shoes, but he never showed an ounce of remorse for the two people he’s charged with killing,” the source said.

At the 84th Precinct station house, Govan also ranted about being framed by someone close to him and a specific detective on the case, sources said.

He is accused of murdering Rashawn Brazell, 19, whose arms, legs and a portion of his torso were found in a plastic bag on subway tracks near Nostrand Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Feb. 17, 2005.

Brazell’s waist and pelvis were later discovered inside a bag at a Greenpoint recycling station.

Govan has also been charged with strangling 17year-old Sharabia Thomas, who was discovered inside a laundry bag in a Bushwick alleyway on Feb. 11, 2004. Marks on her body indicated that she’d been tied up during the attack.

Although she was found nude, investigat­ors said there were no signs of sexual assault.

Govan was already being held at Rikers Island for Thomas’ murder when he was busted for the Brazell slaying. Detectives tied him to both cases through DNA.

Boyce said Wednesday that there’s a “great possibilit­y” Govan was a serial killer.

“We’re looking into other cases he might be involved in,” Boyce said, adding that Govan had lived in Florida and California.

A police source with direct knowledge of the killings told The Post, “There is a very serious case in California that he may be involved in.”

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