SPOKANE — Convicted rapist Kevin Coe must provide a DNA sample so the state can compare it to evidence from a 1980 sexual assault for which he served 25 years in prison, a judge has ruled.

South Hill rapist Kevin Coe was ordered Thursday to provide prosecutors a new DNA sample so that they can double-check previous tests that may erase any doubt about the rape for which he spent 25 ...

Spokane County Superior Court Judge ordered Coe to allow a biological sample containing his DNA to be taken so it can be compared to DNA on a hospital slide taken from a Spokane rape victim in 1980.