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Trisha Marie Beristain

Case from Salt Lake City, UT dated Nov 18, 1998

Victim Details

Trisha Marie Beristain

Female

White / Caucasian

Salt Lake City

UT

1998-11-18

19

Trisha

Marie Beristain

07/06/2026

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In the winter of 1998, the life of 19-year-old Trisha Marie Beristain, a White/Caucasian female from Salt Lake City, Utah, was tragically cut short. On the evening of November 17th, Trisha went out with her boyfriend, a man she knew as Jesse Vega. She had plans to have breakfast with her father the following morning, a meal that would never happen. In the early hours of November 18, 1998, her body was discovered in Big Cottonwood Canyon. She had been shot multiple times, execution-style, with a ...
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  • ABC4 Utah: The Justice Files: Remembering Trisha and searching for her killer
  • KSTU: Family of Utah girl killed holds vigil to remember her 15 years later
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