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Trisha Taurinskas

Trisha Taurinskas

Enterprise crime reporter | Host of The Vault podcast

Trisha Taurinskas is an enterprise crime reporter for Forum Communications Co., specializing in stories related to missing persons, unsolved crime and general intrigue. Her work is primarily featured on The Vault.

Trisha is also the host of The Vault podcast.

Trisha began her journalism career at Wisconsin Public Radio. She transitioned to print journalism in 2008, and has since covered local and national issues related to crime, politics, education and the environment.

Trisha can be reached at ttaurinskas@forumcomm.com.

Miller pleaded no contest, despite admitting to Dunn County Sheriff's investigators that he killed her and left her body in a snow bank.
With the help of the victim's family, this series digs deep into the investigation related to the 1972 slaying of 16-year-old Joli Truelson, with the goal of identifying her killer.
Joli Truelson was killed in 1972 after hitching a ride with a man in a gold-colored vehicle. Two years later, Mary Schlais was picked up by a similar car, just miles from where Truelson was last seen.
Andrew Hawes and Elizabeth Hawes were convicted in 2010 and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Edwin Hawes. The case is featured on "Killer Siblings," available to stream on Hulu.
The cold case killings of Mary and Susie Reker have plagued the Stearns County Sheriff's Office for decades. Now, investigators hope technological DNA advancements will help solve the case.
A Texas-based lab is used by law enforcement in cases where local and state labs have failed to extract DNA from degraded or damaged samples. They helped solve the mystery of a man found in Isanti County.
An investigation was immediately launched in Mounds View, Minnesota, on March 25, 1981. Responding officers noted the motive did not appear to be burglary as the cash register remained untouched.
Kelly Robinson was 22-years-old when her body was found floating in a gravel pit pond on Memorial Day 1984. Investigators allowed the case to go cold after being unable to prove their theory.
The Vault podcast series, "Is there a cult in North Dakota?," goes behind-the-scenes with Forum reporters who investigated the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church in Neche, North Dakota
The idea of reporting a missing person can be overwhelming. Here are the steps that should be taken.