A New York City grandmother, Alisa Goods, 63, of Manhattan, has been found dead in Las Vegas two weeks after she disappeared. Goods was visiting a friend in the city when she went missing on the night of August 8, telling her friend she was going to a nearby CVS.
Her body was discovered in a drainage ditch near Harry Reid International Airport after someone reported finding a body in the area. Security footage showed Goods walking near the embankment before she fell. Her family was notified of her death, describing the situation as an "unimaginable time."
Goods' friend, Roger John, told 8NewsNow that she was on her second visit to Las Vegas this year. He initially did not become concerned when she was not at his home, as she would sometimes go out shopping. However, after repeated attempts to contact her failed, he alerted the family, who filed a missing persons report.
Days after Goods was reported missing, her family began receiving texts from her phone number requesting money and bitcoin. One message read, "You didn't send the money. Are you going to send it or not?" When Goods' niece, Alana Calloway, responded, she inquired about the need for funds, with the texts claiming the phone's camera was not working. The scammer insisted on a $50 payment and mentioned being at a gas station, which raised suspicions as Goods had not traveled with a car.
The family also engaged in a phone call with the individual claiming to be Goods, but they stated the voice did not sound like the 63-year-old. Las Vegas police were provided with the messages and phone call recordings. However, the department did not initially label her disappearance as suspicious, treating it as a missing persons case. Authorities believe the texts may have been a result of "spoofing," a scam that uses technology to impersonate another person's phone number.
The official cause of Goods' death has not yet been released.