FEDERAL WAY, Wash - Kevin Coe, the man known as the South Hill Rapist, has died.

The mayor's office in Federal Way confirms Coe died this morning.

The Federal Way Police Department says officers responded to the home Coe was living in around 5:30 a.m. for a medical emergency. First responders attempted life-saving measures but Coe died at the scene.

It's believed he died of natural causes.

Coe was accused of dozens of rapes in Spokane in the late 70s and early 80s.

He was convicted of one charge and served 25 years in the state penitentiary in Walla Walla. We spoke with one of the first victims attacked by Coe, Shelly Monahan-Cain, after the news broke this morning.

"I'm crying, I think, because as my husband said this is 45 almost 50 years of things with so many people and so many

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