(CNN) -- A Michigan man was arraigned Saturday as part of an investigation into the deaths of women linked to a website that hosts ads for escort services. James Brown, 24, mumbled his name with his head down while appearing via video during Saturday's session at Michigan's 36th District Court in Detroit. He is charged with disinterring dead bodies and arson in relation to the deaths of Demesha Hunt, Renisha Landers, Natasha Curtis and Vernithea McCrary. He is a suspect in the killings of each of the four women, who were found dead on Detroit's east side last December, a prosecutor said in court. But he has not yet been charged with murder.
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James Brown, 24, is charged and held on $1 million bond in Michigan, police say
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The counts are tied to an investigation into the deaths of four women
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They posted online ads for escort services before their deaths, police say
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Their bodies were found in Detroit; the police chief says they likely died elsewhere
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