Overview
- Robert Beck, 49, faced Horsham Magistrates' Court on Wednesday on a single count of murder and was remanded in custody.
- Magistrate Timothy Hoare gave investigators eight weeks to finish forensic work on phones, DNA, CCTV and other exhibits after prosecutors sought 12.
- Police told the court the case spans multiple crime scenes over a wide area and that the deceased sustained about 24 injuries.
- An elderly man's body was found off the Henty Highway at Jung on Monday morning, and Beck was arrested that night after a two-and-a-half-hour negotiation while he was armed with a knife.
- Defence said Beck has diagnoses including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder and requested a custodial medical assessment, with the case listed for the Supreme Court in July.