The man charged in connection with the February 2006 murders of six family members in St. Thomas is to reappear in the Home Circuit Court on November 23.
At that time a trial date is to be be set.
Michael McLean, 39, was remanded when he appeared in court on Thursday.
He is charged with the murders of Patrice George-McCool, 28; Sean Chin Jr., nine; Lloyd Marshall George McCool, three; Jihad George McCool, seven; Jesse O'Gilvie, nine; and Terry-Ann Mohammed, 40, all of Duhaney Pen, St. Thomas.
The six were murdered on February 26 last year.