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.

Amy Pagnac was last seen by her stepfather on Aug. 5, 1989, at an Osseo gas station. There are no suspects in her case.
Where did an infamous mobster go when he needed a little rest and relaxation? Residents of the North Shore and Iron Range have long boasted their backyard as the bootlegger’s land of leisure.
Discovery of Mitch Twite’s body came three years after Refugio Rodriguez was discovered in a nearby park. Both deaths were deemed suspicious before labeled as suicides on their death certificates.
Matthew Ecker was convicted in April of second-degree intentional homicide. He is serving a 30-year sentence at St. Cloud's correctional facility.
Kira Steger Trevino's body was discovered in May 2013 in the Mississippi River. Her husband was convicted for her murder.
Missing persons investigations have come a long way since the 1970s, when law enforcement often lacked urgency and relied on runaway theories.
Lois Riess shot her husband at their Blooming Prairie home before fleeing to Florida, where she killed a woman to steal her identity.
Over time, Dr. Leslie Keeley’s injection became known as the “Gold Cure,” named for its supposed content.
Andrew Cunanan began his five-person 1997 murder spree in Minnesota with the slaying of two young men, including a University of Minnesota-Duluth graduate.
Joseph Ture Jr. wasn’t convicted of the murders until he was behind bars for the violent sexual assault and kidnapping of teenage girls.