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I have a sentence that I came across in a manga I am reading. The male speaker
is speaking to five girls (one of whom he met 5 years ago but doesn't know
which one) and says, この中で昔俺に会ったことがあるよって人ー?

I understand that manga doesn't have the best punctuation but I believe that
the complete logical clause before よって may be a clause describing the 人 and
since this is casual speech there is no need for the copula or か to be used
for question form. I just can't seem to figure out what the よって is doing. I
would appreciate any help on this one. Jisho says that よって means "therefore;
consequently; accordingly; for that reason."

Could these just be two separate sentences where the second sentence is just
"Therefore, that person is?" With the unsaid subject being the person he met
before (introduced in the previous clause).
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What is よって doing in the following sentence?
You have parsed it wrong.

> この中で「昔俺に会ったことがあるよ」って人ー?  
>  (Is there) anyone who has met me long ago?

So 昔俺に会ったことがあるよ is an (indirect) quote, and よ is a sentence-end particle
within the quote. This って is a very casual variant of という used like this:

  * 地球が丸いって事実 (= 地球が丸いという事実)
  * 美女が野獣に恋をするって話 (= 美女が野獣に恋をするという話)
  * ペンギンが飛べないってのは本当？ (= ペンギンが飛べないというのは本当？)
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