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 death certificate, which indicates he stabbed himself before leaping from a tall ledge, isn't sitting well with those who knew Mitch Twite
Two juveniles were charged with arson related to the fire, which caused $75 million in damage ($245 million in 2024 dollars). However, charges were later dropped. Why?
The 22-year-old was last seen leaving a St. Paul bar on Oct. 26, 1982. Her remains were found 80 miles away in 1989.
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.