Tobias Summers, the main suspect in the kidnapping of a 10-year-old Northridge girl, spoke softly and kept his head down during a court appearance Thursday afternoon in Los Angeles.
The arraignment was the first court appearance for the 32-year-old since his arrest in Mexico on Wednesday.
Summers confirmed his identity but did not enter a plea. The arraignment was postponed until May 2.
Prosecutors had planned to ask that bail be set at $19 million, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
He's being charged with 37 felony counts -- one of kidnapping a child, one of burglary, one of kidnapping to commit another crime, and 34 counts related to sexual assault, according to a court record (PDF).
Summers faces multiple life terms if convicted.
He was found at a drug and alcohol rehab clinic in the remote village of Las Missiones, south of Rosarito near Ensenada. Baja police took him into custody Wednesday morning at a nearby beach, where he was working with a woman selling coconuts to tourists.
Police were able to identify the suspect because of a "Superman" tattoo on his chest (pictured, below).
Summers allegedly broke into a Northridge home on the night of March 27 and abducted the girl. A second suspect, 29-year-old Daniel Martinez, allegedly drove the pair's getaway car. Martinez was arrested March 31, and charged with kidnapping and burglary.
On Thursday, the family of the victim released a statement thanking authorities for arresting both suspects:
"Throughout this ordeal, they've been working around the clock hunting this man – not only for justice for our daughter, but to make sure he's unable to hurt anyone again," wrote the family.
More: Read the Family's Full Statement
Summers, released in July 2012 as part of California's initiative to ease prison overcrowding, previously served three prison terms and was allegedly active in a white supremacist gang in the San Fernando Valley.
