Lincoln police searching in Saunders County for Nebraska couple believed to be dead

WEDNESDAY. BACK TO YOU. OKAY, BILL. THANK YOU. THE SEARCH FOR A COUPLE BELIEVED TO BE DEAD NOW SPANS MULTIPLE NEBRASKA COUNTIES. LINCOLN POLICE CONFIRMED THAT A SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED IN SAUNDERS COUNTY. OMAHA’S NEWS LEADER BROUGHT YOU THEIR UPDATE LIVE ON AIR THIS AFTERNOON. INVESTIGATORS SAY HANNAH NEVILLE DISAPPEARED AFTER LEAVING STROMSBURG TO GO PICK UP HER HUSBAND, ROBERTO TANNER. LINCOLN POLICE BELIEVE THEY WERE KILLED AND THEIR BODIES BURIED, BUT IT’S NOT CLEAR WHERE KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S MADISON PERALES REPORTS. NEAR MALMO. YEAH, WE ARE IN SAUNDERS COUNTY, NEAR HIGHWAY 22 AND COUNTY ROAD R, WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF MALMO. AND WE’RE GOING TO ZOOM IN HERE FOR YOU SO YOU CAN HAVE A BETTER LOOK. BUT AUTHORITIES WERE OUT EARLIER TUESDAY. IN THE TREE LINE. YOU CAN SEE THE YELLOW TAPE IS BLOWING IN THE WIND AND A POLICE CAR PARKED THERE. AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR HANNAH NEVILLE AND ROBERTO TANNER’S BODIES. OFFICIALS SAY DIGITAL EVIDENCE AND WITNESS STATEMENTS LED INVESTIGATORS TO THIS SEARCH AREA IN RURAL SAUNDERS COUNTY. WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS AND DIFFERENT AREAS OF INTEREST OTHER THAN JUST HERE. LIEUTENANT DUSTIN SCHECK SAYING WE’RE IN THE DOUBLE DIGITS. I MEAN, WE CONTINUE TO SEARCH AREAS. ANYTIME SOMEONE PROVIDES A TIP OR WE HAVE A DIGITAL EVIDENCE OR FORENSIC EVIDENCE THAT LEADS US INTO ANOTHER DIRECTION, WE’RE GOING TO GO THERE. WE SAW AUTHORITIES WALKING AROUND AND USING A DRONE IN THE SEARCH LOCATION SAYING THIS SEARCH AND SAUNDERS COUNTY MIGHT TAKE SOME TIME. WE MIGHT BE HERE FOR A COUPLE DAYS JUST BECAUSE IT’S A VERY LARGE AREA. AND ONCE YOU GET OUT THERE AND SEE IT, YOU’LL UNDERSTAND HOW BIG IT IS. NEVILLE WAS 32 WEEKS PREGNANT WHEN SHE WAS REPORTED MISSING TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AGO. WE’LL CONTINUE TO SEARCH UNTIL WE FIND HIM. TWO PEOPLE ARE UNDER ARREST FOR THEIR DEATHS. 24 YEAR OLD STERLING JAMES, WHO IS ROBERTO’S HALF BROTHER, FACES TWO COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER. HIS WIFE, SADIE TITUS, FACING AIDING AND ABETTING CHARGES. THE SHOOTING AREA IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS. WE’RE STILL TRYING TO COLLECT MORE STATEMENTS FROM PEOPLE. WE’RE STILL INTERVIEWING PEOPLE. LINCOLN POLICE SAY THE MOTIVE IS STILL THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO WORK ON AND SOLVE, AND IT IS UNKNOWN IF TANNER AND NEVILLE’S BODIES ARE TOGETHER. WE’LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE YOU UPDATES ON AIR AND ONLINE.