“It means they have identified someone that had an RV in the area that matches the description of the RV in question. “
And that reasonable suspicion makes him a “suspect”. Further investigation may rule him out as the perpetrator, or confirm that he is.
“Person of interest” is like “kinda pregnant”. You is a suspect, or you isn’t.
“And that reasonable suspicion makes him a “suspect”.”
No. It makes him a person of interest to see if his apparent ownership of a similar looking RV has anything to do with this crime or not. This could be a break in the investigation or not. We’ll see.
“You is a suspect, or you isn’t.”
No. Sometimes they wish to interview people that may have information about the crime, e.g. witnesses, or people that fit the description of the criminal in some fashion. These are people of interest at this point until they investigate further.