FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — The Federal Way Police Department confirmed that Kevin Coe, also known as Spokane’s “South Hill Rapist,” died Wednesday morning.
Federal Way PD says he died of natural causes at around 5:30 a.m.
Coe, a level 3 sex offender, was convicted of one rape in the early 1980s but was linked to more than 40 assaults in Spokane’s South Hill area between the late 1970s and early 1980s.
His victims ranged in age from 15 to 51.
He was recently moved to Federal Way, raising concerns for neighbors in the area following his release from state custody in October.
KIRO 7 spoke with one resident who said she was relieved Coe had died after months of fighting his presence in their neighborhood.
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