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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Detectives later identified Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, who is now charged in the CBP case, as a person of interest in the July shooting.
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 14 Jan. 2026
He has not been charged in the shooting and authorities appear to be looking at a different man as a person of interest, according to court records.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
Ohio police had released a video of a person of interest in an alley near the Tepe’s home the night of the slayings.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
Surveillance video shows a person of interest in the homicides of Spencer and Monique Tepe in Columbus, Ohio.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 11 Jan. 2026
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 14 Jan. 2026
He has not been charged in the shooting and authorities appear to be looking at a different man as a person of interest, according to court records.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
Ohio police had released a video of a person of interest in an alley near the Tepe’s home the night of the slayings.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
Surveillance video shows a person of interest in the homicides of Spencer and Monique Tepe in Columbus, Ohio.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 11 Jan. 2026
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“Person of interest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/person%20of%20interest. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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