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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.

Timothy Crosby was the last person to see 17-year-old Belinda Van Lith, who went missing in 1974 from a home she was house sitting on Eagle Lake, outside of Monticello, Minn.
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Susan Swedell pulled into a gas station roughly one mile from her home on the night of Jan. 19, 1988. She was last seen by the man who pulled up behind her in a light-colored muscle car.
The Missing Children's Assistance Act was renewed this summer in a bipartisan effort to combat child sexual abuse and exploitation.
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Hang Lee was last seen in January of 1993 after attending a job interview for a man with a storied criminal history of sexual assault and violence.
Victoria Marie Morris was last seen in the summer of 1994. In October of that year, her remains were discovered in Wright County alongside the weapon used to kill her.
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Authorities told residents they believe Martha Bacon's body may have been taken there for disposal by someone who knew the area.
'Footprints in the Snow,' a 20/20 episode on the case, can be found on Investigation Discovery.
Refugio Rodriguez’s body was found on a popular Montevideo walking path on Sept. 20, 2020. Police called it a suicide. But a Forum News Service investigation last year triggered a state-level review.
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The 21-year-old left a Trimont, Minnesota, bar. Her car was later found abandoned, leading to the fateful search.
The 20/20 episode, 'Divine Intervention,' focuses on the story of Minnesota farmer Earl Olander who was murdered in 2016 -- and the 'miraculous' circumstances that led to justice.