Isaiah Rider makes court appearance in Christa Cachene beating death

The 18-year-oldaccused ofbeating a pregnant Calgary woman to deathwas in a Calgary courtroom Monday morning.

Isaiah Rider, whoappeared in a blue jumpsuit with his ankles shackled, is being represented by senior defence lawyerBalfour Der.He faces a second-degree murder charge after Christa Cachene, 26, was found dead in her Ranchlands home on Oct. 11.

Her father found her body. Police believeshe died "as a result of avicious beating" themorning after a party at her house.

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Warrants were issued for Rider's arrest last week.He was arrested on theErmineskin First Nation Reserve, about 100 kilometres south of Edmonton,on Friday.

Police said investigators recovered a firearm, but it's not yet knownif it's related to the homicide.

Rider will be back in a Calgary courtroom in a month.

Vigil held

Family and friends held a vigil for Cachene on Sunday night at Olympic Plaza.About 80 people gathered in her memory and to protest violence against women.

Vigil organizer Laura Ducharme says, as a First Nations woman, she felt it important to speak out about violence against women among aboriginal communities.

"That could be my daughter, right? When I look at them, I mean that could be one of my girls. And that's just it's not fair and it's not right," she said.

"And we won't, we won't stand for that anymore, we won't stand for the violence that we've taken for so many years."