Pedro Bravo will plead not guilty to a first-degree murder charge in the death Christian Aguilar, whose body was found in a wooded stretch of Levy County in Gainesville, according to The Associated Press.

Court records show that Bravo’s family has requested a public defender to represent the 18-year-old.

Public Defender Stacy Scott said Friday that her office planned to file the not-guilty plea on Bravo’s behalf.

Aguilar, 18, was last seen in a Gainesville Best Buy with Bravo. Aguilar’s remains were found last week in rural Levy County.

Police say Bravo originally told them that he beat Aguilar unconscious and left him in a parking lot.

Bravo’s previous lawyer told The Gainesville Sun that Bravo’s family doesn’t have the money to hire a private attorney for a potentially lengthy trial.

Aguilar and Bravo were close friends from Miami-Dade who went to Gainesville this year to continue their education.

Funeral services for Aguilar will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at St. Dominic’s Catholic Church, 5909 NW Seventh St., Miami. After the funeral Mass, burial will be at 3 p.m. at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery in Doral.

Attending the funeral will be Aguilar’s two aunts from Colombia, who were granted non-immigrant visas allowing them to travel this weekend to Miami.