WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge ruled on Thursday there is enough evidence to try a 27-year-old for capital murder and rape in the death of a woman who was set on fire at a Wichita park.

The Wichita Eagle reports Cornell McNeal faces a Nov. 12 arraignment in the November death of Letitia “Tish” Davis. The 36-year-old mother of four suffered burns on more than half of her body and cuts on her head in the attack. She died about a week later.

The critically injured victim couldn’t say much to investigators after she was found near a charred area in Fairmont Park, but witnesses say she kept repeating she had been raped, beaten and set on fire.

Affidavits show a damaged cellphone and DNA evidence connected McNeal to the attack.

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A preliminary hearing is beginning for a man charged in the death of a woman who was raped and set on fire at a Wichita park.

The Wichita Eagle reports that the hearing that starts Thursday in Sedgwick County District Court will determine whether there is sufficient evidence for 27-year-old Cornell McNeal to stand trial. He’s charged with capital murder and rape in the November 2014 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 attack and died about a week later. Affidavits show McNeal was connected to the attack through a damaged cellphone and DNA evidence.

McNeal also is charged in a garage fire. He is jailed on a $1.25 million bond.