The man charged with the first-degree murder of sex trade worker Ellie May Meyer showed up to court Monday morning without a lawyer.
Michael Briscoe's case has now been put over for two weeks until he finds legal representation.
Meyer's body was found in a field in Strathcona County in the spring of 2005.
Briscoe is also facing a new trial for the killing of a 13-year-old Nina Courtepatte who was brutally murdered in April 2005.
The new charge against Briscoe marks the second time the 39-year-old has been co-charged in a murder with Joseph Laboucan.
Laboucan was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault in the Courtepatte case. This year, that conviction was upheld by the Supreme Court of Canada.
Laboucan had been previously charged with second-degree murder in the Meyer case.
Briscoe's mother told CTV News Friday she believed in her son's innocence.
"I think it's just terrible and I'd like to know what kind of evidence they have. I was saying before that he didn't murder anybody," Violet Briscoe said.
