Kevin Coe, the man known as Spokane’s “South Hill Rapist,” was released from state custody after more than four decades behind bars and in civil commitment.
Coe, 78, registered as a Level 3 sex offender, is now at a home on 15th Street S.E. in Auburn, after plans to place him in Federal Way received pushback. According to the City of Auburn, leadership had no prior knowledge or communication that Coe would be moving into a home in the area.
“I had no idea until we heard it in the media,” Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus said on “The Jake and Spike Show” on KIRO Newsradio. “They were calling, asking us how we felt about Kevin Coe’s relocation to Auburn, and we were surprised. We had no idea that he had been released to an Auburn adult family home.”…