A Virginia Circuit Court judge Thursday ordered the release of sealed police records in the murder case against former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely IV of Chevy Chase.

The Washington Post and three other media outlets had challenged the secrecy surrounding information found during searches connected to the case against Huguely, who has been charged in Charlottesville in the May 3 killing of Yeardley Love, 22, a U-Va. lacrosse player whom Huguely had dated.

Records would be released July 8, barring appeals from Huguely's lawyers or the prosecutor in the case, Warner D. Chapman, who unsuccessfully argued that the information would compromise a fair trial.

Judge John McGrath Jr. said details of searches of two still unidentified vehicles and a list of what was found in searches of the students' apartments should be public.