On the morning of December 15, 2021, the Milbank Police Department requested
assistance from the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation after their agency was dispatched to
a welfare check at a Milbank residence. Simultaneous to the welfare check request local law enforcement
learned from a separate source that there may be two deceased individuals inside the residence.
Upon arriving at the residence law enforcement officials discovered two deceased individuals inside with
injuries consistent with homicidal violence. One of the victims was later determined to have been
pregnant.
DCI Special Agents responded to the scene where, in cooperation with the Milbank Police Department
and the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, they began a comprehensive investigation. The investigation led
to the arrest of 57-year old Brent Hanson of Milbank on three charges of first degree murder and also
three counts of second degree murder.
Hanson remains in custody on a $5 million cash-only bond and the investigation is ongoing.