SPOKANE, Wash. — The Washington Attorney General’s Office has filed a motion to release Kevin Coe, known as the Spokane South Hill Rapist, from civil commitment after experts concluded he no longer meets the criteria of a sexually violent predator. A Spokane County judge is reviewing the motion, with a hearing scheduled for next Thursday.

Coe, 78, has been involuntarily confined at the state’s Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island since 2008. He was committed there after serving a 25-year prison sentence and being found by a jury to meet the criteria of a sexually violent predator. State law requires annual reviews to determine whether he remains both mentally ill and dangerous.

Two psychologists—one with the Department of Social and Health Services and another retained by the state

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