OLYMPIA, Wash - Despite plans for the state to drop its request to hold him indefinitely, the man known as the South Hill Rapist will likely stay in a mental health facility until a scheduled hearing in early October.

, Coe has petitioned to be released from the Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island. The facility is not a prison, it's a facility run by the Department of Social and Health Services.

The state can petition for offenders like Coe to be committed there indefinitely if they're classified as sexually violent predators.

Because of his age and health, the state now believes it can't meet the burden of proof necessary to hold him there.

A hearing on his potential release is planned for October 2nd in Spokane. Another hearing is scheduled for Friday of this week, when attorn

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