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Missing New York grandmother found dead near Las Vegas airport
Alisa Goods, a 63-year-old grandmother of five from New York, was found dead in a drainage ditch near Harry Reid International Airport, days after her family received suspicious Bitcoin-related text messages from her phone.
A New York grandmother who disappeared while visiting Las Vegas has been found dead, her family confirmed Friday. Alisa Goods, 63, a grandmother of five, was reported missing Aug. 10, two days after she was last seen leaving a friend's apartment near Maryland Parkway and Tropicana Avenue.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police responded early Thursday to a report of a deceased woman in a drainage ditch near Wayne Newton Boulevard and the Terminal 1 parking garage at Harry Reid International Airport, according to KTNV. Officers identified the woman as Goods and pronounced her dead at the scene.
«Our hearts are broken. We were notified that my aunt was found — unfortunately, not the way we wanted her to be,» Goods' niece, Alana Calloway, said in a statement. «This is an unimaginable time. Words cannot describe the pain our family is experiencing right now. We just want to thank the public for the outpouring of love, support, and prayers.»
Police reviewed surveillance footage that appeared to show Goods falling down an embankment, getting back up and then collapsing on Aug. 8, the day she disappeared, with no further movement observed after that, according to KTNV. Additional video from that day showed a woman believed to be Goods near the airport that afternoon.
Goods had been staying with her longtime friend Roger John, who told KLAS-TV that she left his apartment around 12:45 p.m. Aug. 8 to take a bus to a nearby CVS to buy iron pills but never returned. «Last I saw her, she was going down the stairs. And I said, 'OK, see you later.' And that's the last time I saw her,» John said.
John said he was not immediately alarmed because Goods sometimes spent hours shopping. When she failed to return, he began calling and texting her before contacting her family. «This is not like her to just go missing,» Calloway previously told the outlet. «She has a family that loves her, cares about her. We want her home and want her home safe and alive.»
The mystery surrounding Goods' disappearance deepened when her family said they began receiving unusual text messages from her phone on Aug. 12, four days after she was last seen. The sender allegedly asked for gas money and Bitcoin, requests that raised suspicions because Goods did not drive and did not have a car in Las Vegas, according to her family.
«I said, 'What do you need gas for? The car?' My aunt does not drive. There is no car,» Calloway told CBS News. The family previously said the messages raised concerns that Goods may have been kidnapped. It was not immediately clear Friday who sent the messages.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for additional information. The family has asked for continued prayers and privacy as they grieve, saying they are still trying to learn the details surrounding her death.
