TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge has ruled that more information about a Wichita man charged in a sexual assault and fatal burning must be released to the media.

The Associated Press, The Wichita Eagle and broadcasters KWCH, KAKE and KSN went to court Friday pursuing the probable cause affidavits in the case against Cornell McNeal.

The 26-year-old is charged with one count of capital murder or an alternative count of first-degree murder in the death of Letitia “Tish” Davis. The mother of four suffered from burns on more than half her body and cuts on her head in the Nov. 14 attack and died Nov. 22.

The defense argued the release of records could “endanger the life or physical safety” of McNeal because the prosecution could seek the death penalty.