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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.

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The Vault
Behind the scenes of the Isadora Wengel case with The Vault podcast
Forum reporter Tasha Carvell discusses her coverage of the investigation into 25-year-old Isadora Wengel's case, and explains why residents of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, are being called on to help.
14h ago
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By  Trisha Taurinskas
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The Vault
Minnesota's Ramsey County Jane Doe has a name now. But who was she?
The woman now known as Mary Jensen was pulled from the Mississippi River. She didn't match missing girls and women in the area, and her case involved DNA research in Finland and Italy.
Feb 26
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By  Trisha Taurinskas
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The Vault
Minnesota grad, and band member, victim in mysterious 1976 South Carolina homicide that remains unsolved
Pamela Mae Buckley was crowned the Redwood Jaycee’s Sno-Queen in 1970 before leaving the area to pursue her musical career with folk trio, Sunlending.
Feb 25
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By  Trisha Taurinskas
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The Vault
Identity could be within reach for Minneapolis Rail Car John Doe
His body was found inside a rail car in a Minneapolis train yard on Dec. 16, 2003. Authorities have spent 20 years trying to uncover his identity.
Feb 20
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By  Trisha Taurinskas
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The Vault
40 years after his remains were discovered in Wisconsin, forensic genealogy traced him back to Minnesota
The remains found by Wisconsin loggers in 1982 belonged to Kraig Patrick King of White Bear Lake, Minnesota. He was just 20 years old when he was killed, two years after his high school graduation.
Feb 13
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By  Trisha Taurinskas
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The Vault
He used religion to coerce parents into handing over their first-born girls. In 5 years, he could go free
Victor Barnard faced 59 charges related to criminal sexual conduct at a rural Minnesota religious compound when he fled the country in 2014. He was found months later at a beach house in Brazil.
Feb 11
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By  Trisha Taurinskas
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The Vault
He attacked 3 women. Forensic genealogy led officers to his door
Donald Edmond Warner, 46, of North Branch, Minnesota, pleaded guilty on May 13, 2025, in three cases involving women who were attacked and sexually assaulted years earlier.
Feb 5
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By  Trisha Taurinskas
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The Vault
She was found in a shallow grave. 12 years later, her brother said he put her there
The body of Leisa Martin, 31, was found in a grave in rural Mahnomen County in 1998. Her case remains unsolved, despite a 2010 confession from her brother that he helped hide her body.
Feb 4
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By  Trisha Taurinskas
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The Vault
His 1949 murder confession was thrown out. Decades later, he went on a killing spree in Minnesota
Harvey Carignan was 95 years old when he died in a Minnesota prison, where he was serving time for two murder convictions and one attempted murder.
Jan 22
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By  Trisha Taurinskas
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The Vault
He was labeled a serial killer in the 1980s. Decades later, lawyers claimed DNA advancements proved his innocence
MINNEAPOLIS — Danny Glaze died in prison, trying to prove his innocence in the murders of three Native American women killed in Minneapolis in the 1980s.
Jan 9
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By  Trisha Taurinskas
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