Murder suspect Andre Neverson. (Channel 2 News)
Queens College basketball star Akim Neverson still looks over his shoulder for his mother’s murderer, afraid that the ruthless fugitive will come out of the shadows to finish the job and kill him.
But the alleged killer who haunts his thoughts is no stranger; he’s his uncle.
Andre Neverson, 45, the brother of Akim’s beloved late mom, Patricia, is armed and dangerous, authorities say, and notorious for his explosive temper and fondness for guns.
He’s the worst of New York City’s most wanted criminals, listed by the NYPD for nearly a decade, and the only New Yorker currently among the US Marshals’ national Top 15 Most Wanted Fugitives.
“I can never totally be safe,” said Akim, now 25 and a forward on the Knights. “When I’m walking, and it’s dark or I’m in a crowd of people, I have to keep an extra eye out. I can’t really ever be comfortable knowing he’s out there.”
Patricia Neverson, who was killed at age 39, had always supported her brother. She brought his girlfriends to visit him during his five-year stint in prison on a 1992 attempted-murder rap, and let him move into her home when he got out of jail.
But Andre wanted more. The siblings argued over money, and Andre wanted ownership of her two-family Crown Heights, Brooklyn home. She refused and wanted him out.
Amid the family rancor, Akim, then 17, tried to do his uncle a favor that he believes led to his mother’s death.
He went to his mom’s house to retrieve his uncle’s passport and personal papers after his mom refused to look for them.
“I begged her,” he said. “I said, ‘Maybe he’s trying to start a new life.’ She didn’t want to do anything for him because she said he was ungrateful.”
A week later, on July 8, 2002, Andre pumped two bullets into his sister’s brain, cops say.
Afterward, he allegedly called their father with a chilling message: You’ll never see your daughter again.
Andre Neverson then went to pick up his ex-fiancée, Donna Davis, in Queens, police say.
Three days after Patricia’s murder, Davis was found shot to death in a vacant Brooklyn lot.
Her family also received a sickening call from Andre Neverson saying they’d never see her again. He then disappeared.
Police once discovered one of Andre’s computers, on which they found a photo of him in a dreadlock wig — but have had few solid leads as they hunt for the hulking, 6-foot-2, computer-savvy, smooth-talking fugitive.
“This guy is a scumbag,” said lead Marshals’ investigator Marko Anticev. “An animal.”
Sightings of the elusive felon were reported in The Bronx, Brooklyn and possibly Newark. He has been featured on “America’s Most Wanted” half a dozen times and was last spotted in Trinidad in 2005 living with a woman and their children.
The case is very much alive, with investigators traveling to Trinidad, publicizing the case there and tracking down countless leads in the United States and Canada.
“The bottom line is, people are helping him,” Anticev said. “It’s clear. He has a large extended family. Someone’s got to know something.”
Neverson’s numerous girlfriends haven’t been helpful. “They don’t seem to care,” Anticev said.
The Davis family stays in regular contact with investigators, hoping for a resolution to the case.
Someone knows where Andre Neverson is, Anticev said.
To those who know something, Anticev pleads, “Look at your conscience, look at what kind of relief you could be giving to these people — for someone to pick up the phone and call us would be huge.”