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by lutusp 4941 days ago
> He is a "person of interest". It's not clear how that's different from a suspect ...

A witness to a crime could be a person of interest. A victim of a crime could be a person of interest. An investigator of a crime could be a person of interest. If the police wanted to say he was a suspect, there's a readily available word for that -- suspect.

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But victim or perpetrator, if your number is up, we’ll find you.