Victorian party killer fronts court over child's death

A Victorian man, 30, who has pleaded guilty to committing an indecent act with a child and murdering her, is to face a plea hearing.

A Victorian man who admitted performing an indecent act on an 11-year-old girl before murdering her at a party at her own home will face a plea hearing in Wangaratta.

Mildura man Bowe Maddigan, 30, pleaded guilty in August to committing an indecent act with a child under 16 and murder.

Zoe Buttigieg's body was found by her mother in the family's Inchbold Street home in Wangaratta last October.

Police found Maddigan walking barefoot along a freeway about 10 kilometres from Zoe's house hours before the girl's body was discovered.

Psychological reports on Maddigan were expected to be prepared before the plea hearing that is expected to run for two days before Justice Lex Lasry.