Alisa Goods: Missing New York City Grandmother Found Near Las Vegas Airport

Police say camera footage showed Goods fell down an embankment

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The body of Alisa Goods, a 63-year-old grandmother from New York City who had been reported missing while visiting Las Vegas, was found Thursday in a drainage ditch near Harry Reid International Airport, according to Las Vegas police.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said Friday that someone contacted authorities to report a body near the airport. Officers located the remains near a parking structure in a drainage ditch close to Wayne Newton Boulevard, the roadway that runs along the airport.

Police said security-camera video from Aug. 8 — the day Goods was reported missing by her family — appeared to show her falling down an embankment and collapsing. Investigators said the area where she fell was not visible from the adjacent roadway, potentially explaining why she was not immediately seen by passing motorists.

Goods, who was from Brooklyn, had traveled to Las Vegas to visit a friend, her family said. Her niece, Alana Calloway, said Goods had been heading to a pharmacy before she disappeared.

Family faced distressing messages after her disappearance

In the days after Goods went missing, relatives said they received text messages from her phone number asking for financial help through bitcoin or Cash App transfers. The messages raised concerns that Goods might have been in danger or that someone else had access to her phone.

Police said they believed the texts may have been sent by scammers using spoofing technology, which can make a message appear to come from another person’s phone number. At the time, authorities said they did not believe the messages indicated that Goods was being held or otherwise in immediate danger.

The case highlights the additional confusion families can face during missing-person investigations, particularly when fraudulent messages circulate alongside legitimate efforts to locate a loved one. Police agencies have repeatedly warned that spoofed calls and texts can be used to exploit relatives seeking urgent information.

Authorities described the identification of the remains as preliminary. The Clark County coroner’s office is expected to determine the official identity, cause and manner of death. Police had not publicly released findings on whether Goods suffered any medical emergency or injury before the fall.

Calloway said the family was devastated by the discovery. “Our hearts are broken,” she said in a statement Friday. “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.”

As of Friday, investigators had not announced a cause or manner of death, and the official identification and investigation remained pending.