person of interest
noun phrase
: a person who is believed to be possibly involved in a crime but has not been charged or arrested
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A young man has been identified as a person of interest in the disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki, a University of Pittsburgh student who disappeared last week while enjoying spring break with friends in the Dominican Republic.
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Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Police released surveillance video of a person of interest wearing a green hoodie and black leather jacket.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
Brown was arrested in Maryland earlier this year after becoming a person of interest in a triple, non-fatal shooting in Prince George County.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
Hillsborough police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a person of interest and suspect after a police officer was shot in a police department parking lot on Feb. 22.
—Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
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Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Police released surveillance video of a person of interest wearing a green hoodie and black leather jacket.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
Brown was arrested in Maryland earlier this year after becoming a person of interest in a triple, non-fatal shooting in Prince George County.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
Hillsborough police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a person of interest and suspect after a police officer was shot in a police department parking lot on Feb. 22.
—Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Person of interest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/person%20of%20interest. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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