A man accused in connection to the

appeared in court on Thursday.

APD said on Wednesday, the autopsy of Gabriella Marlow revealed she died of malnutrition.

Timothy Hulsey, 41, was arrested Wednesday.

Hulsey, indicted for manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, initially told Judge Michael Spaan he wanted to represent himself, saying he was concerned about a case of mistaken identity.

"I want to make sure that this isn't a case of mistaken identity, like I explained to the gentleman when I was taken in to the jail house, they had my social transcribed incorrectly and also I wasn't read my Miranda rights," Hulsey said.

Judge Michael Spaan advised Hulsey to obtain help from a lawyer.

"If they got the wrong guy, a lawyer could assist you," Spaan said.

Hulsey also told Judge Spaan he hadn't been able to make a phone call.

"I'm from California and I haven't been able to make a phone call to my family, the point number two, 2 small dogs at my house and I don't want them to run out of food or water, " Hulsey said. "I'd take care of em, so I want some arrangements made for the passing down of my keys to possibly a co-worker so she could get in and feed and water the dogs."

Hulsey told Judge Spaan he works as chiropractor at JBER and makes six-figures annually.

Judge Spaan appointed a public defender and ordered Hulsey to meet with pretrial services to go over finances.

A public defender speaking on Hulsey's behalf then entered "not guilty" pleas for the manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charge.

Judge Spaan said Hulsey was being held without bail.

The Anchorage Police Department issued a public request on Wednesday for information about the whereabouts of Hulsey's girlfriend, 36-year-old Stephanie Hamburg, Marlow's mother.

"The suspects, the mother and her boyfriend, believed the child would “outgrow” not eating and it was just a “stage," APD wrote. "The main source of nutrition for the child was whole milk and occasionally Dr. Pepper."

Hamburg also faces charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide.