The man charged with the city’s third homicide of 2011 appeared briefly in court on Tuesday.
Kyle Rae, 22, appeared via video at the Ontario Court of Justice in Thunder Bay. Police charged Rae with second-degree murder in connection with the death of 21-year-old Jimmy Monias.
Rae’s lawyer, Chris Watkins, asked to push the case back until Friday, Nov. 4 in order to discuss matters more with his client.
Police originally charged Rae with aggravated assault after paramedics took Monias to hospital with head injuries on Saturday.
Police say the two had been drinking at a Limbrick Complex residence.
Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service later announced that they had changed the charge to homicide. The changes came after it was learned that Monias died at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre around 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Rae remains in custody.
