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David and Catherine Birnie

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David John Birnie (16 February 1951 – 7 October 2005) and Catherine Margaret Birnie (née Harrison; born 23 May 1951) were an Australian couple from Perth, Western Australia, who murdered four women at their home in 1986, and attempted to murder a fifth. These crimes were referred to in the press as the Moorhouse murders, after the Birnies' address at 3 Moorhouse Street in Willagee, a suburb of Perth.

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David and Catherine Birnie
Moorhouse Street, City Of Melville

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6156 City Of Melville, Willagee
Western Australia, Australia
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