The investigation into the deaths of 26-year-old Hannah Neville and 27-year-old Robert Tanner has spanned multiple counties, involved numerous search warrants and resulted in six arrests.
7600 N.W. 27th St is photographed on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, at the Lincoln Police Department. Lincoln Police Department served a search warrant on the property, 7600 N.W. 27th St., on Sunday. While looking for missing persons 6-year-old Hannah Neville and 27-year-old Roberto Tanner. Neville's cellphone pinged from the house until 1:30 a.m. Jan. 16 before going offline later that afternoon.
A police officer walks through a field Tuesday north of Malmo where law enforcement officials are searching for the bodies of Hannah Neville and Roberto Tanner. Police zeroed in on an area near Roads 22 and R, about 4 miles north of the Saunders County town.
ARTHUR H. TRICKETT-WILE, Journal Star file photo
Crime scene tape bounds a search area on Tuesday near Roads 22 and R about 4 miles north of Malmo.
Sterling James makes his first appearance in Lancaster County Court via a video call from the Lancaster County jail on Thursday. James was charged with three counts of murder in the missing persons case involving a pregnant Stromsburg woman and her husband.
7600 N.W. 27th St is photographed on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, at the Lincoln Police Department. Lincoln Police Department served a search warrant on the property, 7600 N.W. 27th St., on Sunday. While looking for missing persons 6-year-old Hannah Neville and 27-year-old Roberto Tanner. Neville's cellphone pinged from the house until 1:30 a.m. Jan. 16 before going offline later that afternoon.
Sterling James makes his first appearance in Lancaster County Court via a video call from the Lancaster County jail on Thursday. James was charged with three counts of murder in the missing persons case involving a pregnant Stromsburg woman and her husband.
A police officer walks through a field Tuesday north of Malmo where law enforcement officials are searching for the bodies of Hannah Neville and Roberto Tanner. Police zeroed in on an area near Roads 22 and R, about 4 miles north of the Saunders County town.
