SPOKANE, Wash – She was one of the first victims attacked by the so-called South Hill Rapist. 46 years later, Shelly Monahan-Cain says she’s forgiven Kevin Coe, as he now walks free.
Monahan-Cain was known for decades as “Sunshine Shelly” starting with her work on KJRB radio in the 1970s.
On the night of September 9, 1979, the then-20-year-old walked out of her night shift at the station on 57th Avenue – and, into the arms of the South Hill Rapist.
“He just took his fist and started beating me – right off the bat,” she recalled. “I fought pretty hard to try and get away. The excessive beating and the rape and leaving me for dead – all I wanted to do was get out of there alive.”…