The four attackers, apparently inspired by the film Wonderland, tortured and killed four men, two women, and a dog inside the home, making it the bloodiest mass murder in Volusia County history. Their primary motive for the murders was revenge on Erin Belanger, who had evicted a squatter, Troy Victorino, from her grandmother's then-vacant house, with the secondary motive of recovering an Xbox game console and some clothing that Victorino had left behind.
Four perpetrators, influenced by Wonderland, committed a brutal killing spree inside a home, resulting in the deaths of four men, two women, and a dog. Their primary motivation was revenge against Erin Belanger for evicting Troy Victorino from her grandmother's vacant house, with a secondary goal of recovering stolen property.