OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) — A Franklin County District Court judge has denied a request to unseal dozens of documents in the case of a man charged with killing three adults and a child.

Kyle Flack is charged with capital murder in the 2013 slayings of a 21-year-old woman and her 18-month-old daughter, and with premeditated first-degree murder in the deaths of two men.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1eYnAJD ) that District Court Judge Eric Godderz said Tuesday that granting a motion to unseal 68 documents would represent “a clear and present danger” to the trial. The judge also denied a defense request to move the trial outside of Franklin County.

The judge is also considering a request from Flack’s lawyers for a postponement of the trial to April 2016. It’s scheduled to begin in September.

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OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) — A witness testifying at a hearing for a man accused of killing three adults and a child in eastern Kansas says more than 90 percent of people surveyed recently believe the defendant is guilty to some extent.

Kyle Flack was charged with murder and rape after two men, a woman and her daughter were found slain near Ottawa in 2013. His defense lawyer’s seeking a change of venue for the trial, set to begin Sept. 21.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Troy Comeau, an associate professor at Pittsburg State University, testified Tuesday that a survey he conducted for the defense of 330 Franklin County residents found 92.6 percent of respondents believe Flack’s guilty to some extent.

Franklin County Attorney Stephen Hunting wants the case to stay in Ottawa.