Sato Sigrah, who is accused of stabbing a McCully woman to death and then using the knife on the victim's husband and 2-year-old daughter in an apparent burglary earlier this month, pleaded not guilty today in Circuit Court.

The 19-year-old Sigrah entered his plea to Circuit Judge Derrick Chan via remote television link from O'ahu Community Correctional Center. Sigrah stood next to a lawyer from the public defender's office during the appearance.

A trial date before Judge Michael Towne also was set today for Dec. 15.

Last week, he was indicted on charges of second-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder and burglary.

He is being held in lieu of $500,000 bail.

Sigrah was arrested in the apartment of his victims, Lyola Mesebeluu, 27, who died of multiple stab wounds Oct. 11.

Her husband, Keith Mesebeluu, 26, was awakened during the early morning attack, wrestled with Sigrah and was stabbed multiple times in the chest, prosecutors have said.

Prosecutors have said they will seek an extended prison term of life in prison without parole if Sigrah convicted.

The attack on the Mesebeluu family occurred shortly after 4 a.m. in their apartment building at 2222 Kapi'olani Blvd., in lower McCully.

The suspect allegedly entered through an unlocked front door, and neighbors said they heard someone trying a number of doors in the building before the attack.