Prime suspect

A prime suspect or key suspect is a person who is considered by the law enforcement agency investigating a crime to be the most likely suspect. The idiom "prime suspect" is believed to have originated in 1931. "Key suspect" is seen as early as 1948.

For other uses, see Prime suspect (disambiguation).
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