The Brooklyn district attorney's office says a man has been indicted in connection with the murder of a teenager in Brooklyn in 2004.

Acting Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez says 38-year-old Kwauhuru Govan was arraigned Thursday on one count of second-degree murder and one count of first-degree kidnapping. He was ordered held without bail.

Govan's court appearance was heated. When he entered the court, someone yelled out, "You put your hands on my family, you piece of [expletive]." Govan replied, "You got the wrong person."

Later, as he exited the courtroom, Govan said, "I'm innocent. I've been framed. I did not do this." He was then shouted down by other people in the courtroom.

Gonzalez says Govan's DNA was found on the fingernails of the victim, 17-year-old Sharabia Thomas.

"The clippings of her fingernails had been done, but the technology didn't exist at that point," Gonzalez said. "This guy got arrested and convicted in Florida in 2014, so as we went back, we were able to get a DNA hit on him." 

Thomas' body was discovered on February 11, 2004 inside laundry bags in an alley on Palmetto Street, according to the acting Brooklyn DA.

Authorities say her body was found naked and bruised. They say she suffered blunt force trauma to her head, face and torso. Her cause of death was determined to be asphyxia by neck compression.

Police struggled to identify a suspect until cold case investigators requested a new DNA test.

According to prosecutors, Govan had been serving time for armed robbery in Florida when his DNA came up as a match.

Govan's attorney, Fred Spiegel, cast doubt on the evidence.

"DNA is not infallible because there are people who process it," Speigel said. "There are many things that can go wrong." 

But relatives who waited more than a decade for a break in the case said justice is finally being served.

"People that get caught from DNA, it's not, they didn't get framed," said one relative. "You can't frame someone from DNA." 

Prosecutors say Govan lived two blocks away from Thomas at the time and likely became obsessed with her.