Live coverage from Spokesmanreview.comThe Kevin Coe case continues to make international news.
An Associated Press story about Thursday's verdict appeared on the Web site of the British newspaper The Guardian, based in Manchester and London.
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Kevin Coe, labeled the "South Hill rapist" in a community frightened by dozens of attacks on women in the Spokane area in the late 1970s and early 1980s, has been in prison since 1981. He was slated for release in September 2006 when the Washington state attorney general's office moved to have Coe spend the rest of his life in prison through the civil commitment program. In this trial, the state seeks to convince jurors that Coe represents too much of a threat to ever be released.
Karen Dorn Steele has been a Spokesman-Review reporter since 1982,
covering the courts, environment, enterprise and investigative beat. She
lived in Spokane in 1980 when a series of unsolved rapes terrorized the
city.
Rick Bonino has worked at The Spokesman-Review in various positions
since 1977. He covered both of Kevin Coe's previous trials, in 1981 and
1985, and also Ruth Coe's trial in 1982.
Video
• Video Journal: Reign of Terror-The South Hill Rapist
• Reaction from the assistant attorney general Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006.
• Reaction from Coe's attorney Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006.
• Kevin Coe enters the courtroom Monday, Dec. 18, 2006.
Slideshows
Players
in the civil
commitment trial
Prelude
to the civil
commitment trial
Archived stories
• "Coe could be free in four years (S-R, Jan. 29, 1988)
• "Coe convictions reversed" (Chronicle, Jan. 28, 1988)
• "Coe guilty on 3 charges" (S-R, Feb. 13, 1985)
• "Coe trial opens; delay rejected" (S-R, Jan. 8, 1985)
• "New trial ordered for Coe" (S-R, June 8, 1984)
• "Coe gets life sentence" (Chronicle, Aug. 17, 1981)
• "Coe guilty on 4 counts" (S-R, July 30, 1981)
• "Coe testifies he's not the South Hill rapist" (S-R, July 28, 1981)
• "Ex-girlfriend tells of Coe's unusual habits" (S-R, July 24, 1981)
• "Battle lines drawn in rape trial" (S-R, July 21, 1981)
• "Judge hears opening statements in rape trial" (Chronicle, July 20, 1981)
• "5 more charges filed against rape suspect" (Chronicle, March 23, 1981)
• "Six rape victims identify suspect" (S-R, March 12, 1981)
• "Spokane man, 34, held in rape on South Side" (S-R, March 11, 1981)
Audio
• Clips from testimony by psychologist Amy Phenix on Monday, Dec. 18, 2006.
• Clip from statements by Judge Kathleen O'Connor on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006
• Clip from closing arguments by assistant attorney general on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006
• Clips from closing argument by Coe’s attorney on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006
