According to the charges, in March, 1991, a soldier on leave named Wang Wen-hsiao brought his friends Chuang Lin-hsun, Liu Ping-lang, and Su Chien-ho as well as his brother Wang Wen-chung into the home of his neighbors Wu Ming-han and his wife Yeh Ying-lan to burglarize it.
依據起訴書，1991 年 3 月，服役休假的王文孝帶莊林勳、劉秉郎、蘇建和與胞弟王文忠，前往鄰居吳銘漢、葉盈蘭夫婦家行竊，不慎驚醒了吳氏夫婦。