Man in court months after mental health hospital death

Prosecutors say some forensics are outstanding over a man's death at a mental health facility. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

A psychiatric patient accused of murdering a man inside a mental health ward will remain behind bars as investigators scour for further forensic evidence.

Michael McKeown, 31, was found dead in a room at the Swanston Centre in Geelong, southwest of Melbourne, in the early hours of February 23.