New Info: Did The City Of New York Hire A Serial Killer?

Kwauhuru Govan, the Brooklyn man who has been charged with the murder and dismemberment of two teenagers – and is being investigated in connection with two more killings – was employed by the City of New York, CrimeFeed can reveal.

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Between the years of 2009 and 2011, Govan, who police suspect may be involved in two more unsolved murders, was paid a rate of $5 per hour by The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) by “personnel monitors,” according to online payroll records.

In 2011 for instance, he was paid a total of $121 by the Civil Service Department for his work as a “test monitor.”

DCAS is responsible for, among other services, “recruiting, hiring, and training City employees.” The exact nature of his duties — and whether he was required to check IDs while administering tests — is not yet clear.

Police arrested Govan, 38, last November in connection with the 2004 slaying of 17-year-old Sharabia Thomas, who disappeared on her way to a class field trip, after they discovered a match in DNA found under the victim’s fingernails.

Thomas’ body was found in laundry bags in an alley on Palmetto Street in February 2004.

Since then, police have also charged him with the murder of 19-year-old Rashawn Brazell, who was last seen heading to the Gates Avenue subway stop on February 14, 2005.

He failed to show up for a Valentine’s Day lunch with his mother — and three days later, a bag containing his body parts was found in a subway tunnel on the “A” line near Nostrand Avenue.

Related: Unsolved: The Psycho Who Killed And Dismembered Rashawn Brazell Is Still Out There

The murders have haunted the community for over a decade – and police believe that they may be just the tip of the iceberg.

NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce told reporters that investigators are now eyeing Govan in two additional killings: a John Doe whose body parts were discovered in the summer of 2005 and another female victim whose remains were found in the summer of 2007.

Govan lived on Gates Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn, for several years during the time period when the killings took place.

Brazell used to live across the street from Govan, and Govan has told reporters that he grew up with the victim. Thomas also lived just two blocks from Govan, also on Gates Avenue in Bushwick.

Govan has denied any involvement in the killings, and caused a scene in Brooklyn Supreme Court by insisting that he was being framed and screaming that he “can’t even dissect a frog!”

“I had no motive, means, or opportunity,” Govan, who is being held in solitary confinement, later told the Daily News.

Referring to Brazell, he said: “Everyone who lived in that block, Gates between Bushwick and Broadway, we were like family. There are people who’ve been on that block for decades. My first cousin is his cousin.”

Govan was serving time in Florida for robbery at the time of his arrest and has lived there and in California, so police suspect that more bodies may be out there.

When asked whether he believed Govan was a serial killer, NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce told reporters that “there’s a great possibility that might be the case.”

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