A New York grandmother visiting Las Vegas has been found dead, her family confirmed Friday. Alisa Goods, 63, was reported missing on August 10, two days after she was last seen leaving a friend's apartment in the city.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police discovered a deceased woman in a drainage ditch near Wayne Newton Boulevard and the Terminal 1 parking garage at Harry Reid International Airport on Thursday morning. The woman was later identified as Goods.
"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 are still trying to learn the details surrounding her death. We ask for continued prayers and privacy as we grieve."
Surveillance footage reviewed by police appeared to show Goods falling down an embankment, getting up, and then collapsing on August 8, the day she disappeared. Additional video from that day showed a woman believed to be Goods near the airport.
Goods had been staying with a friend and had reportedly left his apartment around 12:45 p.m. on August 8 to buy iron pills at a nearby CVS. Her friend stated he was not immediately concerned as Goods sometimes spent hours shopping, but began to worry when she did not return.
The circumstances of her disappearance became more mysterious when her family began receiving unusual text messages from her phone on August 12, four days after she was last seen. The messages, which allegedly requested gas money and Bitcoin, raised suspicions because Goods did not drive and had no 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 had previously expressed concerns that Goods may have been kidnapped. It remains unclear who sent the messages.