1986: The Escape That Ended the Birnie Killing Spree in Perth
A teenager broke free from the house where David and Catherine Birnie had been holding her on Moorhouse Street in Perth on 10 November 1986, running into a nearby grocery store to raise the alarm.
That evening, under police questioning, David Birnie confessed that he and his wife had killed four people. The couple then led detectives into the bush to the graves where their victims had been buried, bringing a month-long killing spree to its end.
