Dean Stewart Cameron has been committed for trial for the rape and murder of Christchurch schoolgirl Marie Davis after five days of depositions in Christchurch District Court.
The 38-year-old road worker was remanded to a High Court pre-trial conference on December 12, when a date may be set for the trial.
The justices of the peace who heard the depositions, Percy Acton-Adams and Nick Atkins, remanded him in custody.
A long-time friend, Maurice Dando, said Cameron came to visit him on Sunday April 6, the day after Marie was last seen alive.
He said: "Dean arrived late morning in his car. He said he had been for a jog and a swim at the beach and then to see his dad.
"I questioned that because he had never done it before. Many times I have tried to get Dean to come training with me, but he wouldn't.
"He was sweaty. His demeanour was excitable. It just didn't ring right with me. He did something I've never seen Dean do before. He slept most of the day away on the couch."
Mr Dando said that after Marie went missing, Cameron's behaviour pattern changed. He described him as erratic and paranoid. Cameron believed he was being followed and watched.
When they were driving he would change directions to avoid police he thought he saw. "His eyes were everywhere."
Crown prosecutor Kathy Bell has called evidence from 32 witnesses in the hearing which began last week.
