The Heino couple were enticed to come to a summer cabin in Loppi to discuss business issues, including the sale of 100 mobile phones.
[2] The motive for the murder was that Österman had felt Martti Heino had cheated him in a mobile telephone buying and selling scheme.
Österman had paid one thousand Finnish marks (the equivalent of some 150 euros or US dollars) to the younger boys to get them involved in the murder.
For Salo, Pesola and Mäntylä, the state prosecutor demanded sentences of 13-14 years' imprisonment for homicides committed whilst still a minor.
In November 2012, after serving approximately 11 years in prison, the Appeals Court of the city of Helsinki granted Österman a parole.