How to Use person of interest in a Sentence

person of interest

noun phrase
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  • The person of interest in the pickup truck is seen talking to the driver of the victims' car.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Police identified Jamie Bell as a person of interest in their deaths and launched a search of the area.
    — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
  • Deputies had arrested one person of interest in connection with the killing in the area of Shawnee Drive, the post states.
    — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 4 June 2023
  • Calhoun is now a person of interest in her death and the deaths of three other women.
    — oregonlive, 21 July 2023
  • Burham was previously named a person of interest in the killing of 34-year-old Kala Hodgkin on May 11 in Jamestown.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 July 2023
  • No suspects or persons of interest have been named in Lasheky’s case.
    — Kyani Reid, NBC News, 25 July 2023
  • The cause of death of a pregnant teenager and her boyfriend was released on Thursday, and police revealed new footage of the persons of interest in the Texas case.
    — Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Officials say the person of interest lives in Serbia; charges have not yet been filed, but sources say they could be filed soon.
    — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The tipster was not a person of interest in the case, authorities said.
    — Sara Smart, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The person of interest is believed to be the victim's 33-year-old son who shared a disturbing video on YouTube in connection with the crime.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Rome sweet Rome There is no doubt about it: Rome is a definite person of interest this season.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Since then, authorities have focused on Lengyel as a person of interest in the case.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Cal Fire released photos of a person of interest sought in the alleged arson.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • He was never named a person of interest or suspect in his daughter’s death.
    — Anna Turning, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Michael Manuel Jackson-Bolanos, 28, was picked up by police on Sunday as a person of interest.
    — Jolie Lash, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Police have not named him or anybody else as a suspect or person of interest.
    — Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Authorities name a mother’s boyfriend as a person of interest in the slaying of 3-year-old boy.
    — Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Two people inside, one of them 17 years old, were detained as persons of interest.
    — Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2024
  • After finding the victims, police identified Jamie Bell as a person of interest in their shootings and launched a search of the area.
    — Collin Robisheaux, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
  • His death has been ruled a homicide, and Morris has been named a person of interest in the investigation.
    — Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 10 July 2024
  • Police have three persons of interest in custody and retrieved two guns.
    — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2024
  • Both had injuries consistent with homicide, and the agency said Drake is a person of interest.
    — CBS News, 21 June 2024
  • Police released footage on Dec. 28 of two persons of interest being sought in connection with the case.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The car was registered to Joseph Couch, leading police to publicly release his name as a person of interest and begin a search for him.
    — Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Before the identification of a suspect Wednesday, friends of Woll said they were buoyed by the news of a person of interest in custody and hoped to make sense of why she was killed.
    — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Police said Thursday evening at 11:31 p.m. that a person of interest had been located and was in custody.
    — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Police have named a Georgia man as a person of interest in the disappearance of his 2-year-old son, who has been missing nearly a week.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Vermont police have released a sketch of a person of interest in the killing of a retired college dean on a popular trail in Castleton.
    — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Police have alternately called the man a suspect and a person of interest.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Police interviewed a person of interest, but there are currently no suspects in custody, according to NBC 6.
    — Charna Flam, People.com, 5 Oct. 2024

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