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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.

The investigative file for the 1980 death of a week-old infant girl in Stearns County, obtained by Forum News Service, details the lengthy investigation that led to her identity.
Robert Leroy Nelson confessed in 1988 to killing a young hitchhiker while on duty in 1980. Throughout his career, he patrolled nineteen of Minnesota's counties. Was she his only victim?
Minnesota State Trooper Robert Leroy Nelson killed Michelle Busha after he picked her up while on duty on May 30, 1980. Her identity wasn't revealed until 2015.
Ronald and Pauline Goldenstein were unjustly convicted before the judge gave them each harsher sentences than spelled out by state guidelines.
Roseanna Forcum and April Geyer were last seen at a St. Paul apartment in mid-August 1998. The case remained cold for years before an anonymous caller provided clues.
Young voters have taken to TikTok to demonstrate their political enthusiasm with less than 100 days until election day
The St. Cloud native enjoyed a lavish lifestyle until his Lake Minnetonka home was raided in 2008, revealing a multi-billion dollar investment scheme
Her head was found in the summer of 1993 floating in a lake northeast of the Twin Cities. For more than 20 years, investigators have referred to the woman as "Bone Lake Jane Doe."
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Mary Schlais was 25 years old in 1974 when her body was discovered alongside a rural road with stab wounds. A former Green Bay Packers player is considered one possible person of interest.
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Gavin Plumb shared his plans to kidnap and kill Holly Willoughby with an undercover Owatonna police officer