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A former Vernon man made his first court appearance Monday in Vancouver, accused in connection with the death of a Japanese student.

William Victor Schneider had his hands handcuffed to his belt as he was granted a two-week delay to find a lawyer.

Schneider, 48, was arrested in Vernon last week after the body of Natsumi Kogawa was found on the grounds of a vacant Vancouver mansion. He is charged with indignity to a body.

Kogawa was reported missing on Sept. 12.

Few details have been released about how Kogawa died. An autopsy was scheduled Monday, but its findings have not been released.

Schneider is the only suspect in the case and has been identified as the man seen on surveillance footage walking with Kogawa in Vancouver on the day she disappeared.

Police say he's a drifter with no fixed address.

Schneider is a former student of Clarence Fulton Secondary School in Vernon, and classmates on Facebook have lit up social media with memories of him being a bully and often in trouble with the law.

– with files from CTV Vancouver