Pull NamUs missing-persons case metadata — morie_ingest_forensics_namus

Posts a JSON-body search request to the NamUs MissingPersons endpoint (/api/CaseSets/NamUs/MissingPersons/Search) and pages through the results. Returns morie's documented schema - case_number, state, county, dlc_date (date last contact), sex, race, age_min, age_max, height_cm_min, height_cm_max, weight_kg_min, weight_kg_max, first_name, last_name, city, circumstances.

Usage

morie_ingest_forensics_namus_missing(
  state = NULL,
  max_features = NULL,
  page_size = 200L,
  user_agent = .MORIE_FORENSICS_DEFAULT_UA,
  timeout = .MORIE_FORENSICS_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
)

Arguments

state: Two-letter US state code; NULL returns the national feed.
max_features: Optional hard cap on returned rows.
page_size: Records per request (default 200).
user_agent, timeout: Standard request knobs.

Value

A base R data.frame.

Examples

# \donttest{
df <- morie_ingest_forensics_namus_missing(state = "CA",
                                           max_features = 1000L)
head(df)
#>   case_number state      county            dlc_date    sex
#> 1        1680    CA   Riverside 2008-07-01T00:00:00   Male
#> 2         368    CA Los Angeles 2004-12-02T00:00:00   Male
#> 3        1205    CA  Sacramento 2001-05-22T00:00:00 Female
#> 4        1216    CA   Riverside 1986-03-31T00:00:00 Female
#> 5        1186    CA San Joaquin 2002-02-26T00:00:00 Female
#> 6        1437    CA   San Mateo 1980-02-05T00:00:00   Male
#>                       race age_min age_max height_cm_min height_cm_max
#> 1        White / Caucasian      21      21            NA            NA
#> 2 Black / African American      33      33            NA            NA
#> 3        White / Caucasian      26      26            NA            NA
#> 4        White / Caucasian      24      24            NA            NA
#> 5        White / Caucasian      57      57            NA            NA
#> 6        White / Caucasian      26      26            NA            NA
#>   weight_kg_min weight_kg_max first_name last_name          city
#> 1            NA            NA    Spencer     Karas  Palm Springs
#> 2            NA            NA       Gary     Brown   Los Angeles
#> 3            NA            NA   Angelina     Evans    Sacramento
#> 4            NA            NA      Linda     Grimm        Perris
#> 5            NA            NA     Glenda    Eldred      Stockton
#> 6            NA            NA    William  Prescott Half Moon Bay
#>                                                                                                                                                                        circumstances
#> 1                               Spencer Karas was last known to be in Palm Springs, California on July 1, 2008.  His truck found abandoned in Thermal, CA in an orchard near HWY 86.
#> 2 Gary was last seen with Michael Johnson (also missing) at approximately midnight at a relative's residence in the vicinity of the 2500 block of Buckingham Rd. in Los Angeles, CA.
#> 3                                                                               Angie was last seen at approximately 12:30am on Fruitridge Rd. and Stockton Blvd. in Sacramento, CA.
#> 4                                                                                                  Her husband stated that Linda had left to go to a local store and never returned.
#> 5                                                                                                        Unknown. Glenda was last seen in Stockton, CA. She has a medical condition.
#> 6                                                                                                                                            Prescott was last seen February 5,1980.
# }