(NewsNation) — David Knezevich appeared briefly in court Monday to face charges in connection with his estranged wife’s February disappearance in Spain.
A federal judge postponed his arraignment until 1:30 p.m. June 3.
Knezevich has temporary legal counsel; however, the attorney must be retained as permanent counsel for the arraignment. His attorney is expected to enter a not guilty plea during next month’s arraignment.
Knezevich, 36, was arrested by the FBI on May 4 at Miami International Airport and charged with kidnapping. His 40-year-old wife, Ana Maria Knezevich Henao, disappeared Feb. 2 after a man in a motorcycle helmet spray-painted the lens of a security camera outside of her Madrid apartment. She had moved there from Florida late last year after their split.
Felipe Henao, Ana Maria Knezevich Henao’s brother, told NewsNation Monday outside of the court that the family “hopes for justice.”
On May 10, a federal judge ordered Knezevich to be held without bond, rejecting his lawyer’s argument that the prosecution case is entirely circumstantial and shouldn’t be tried in the United States. The court said he was a flight risk.