Grandmother Alisa Goods Found Dead in Las Vegas Ditch

A New York grandmother vanished in Las Vegas earlier this month and has now been found dead, her family confirmed on Friday. Alisa Goods, 63 years old and a mother to five grandchildren, went missing on August 10. She had left the apartment of a friend near Maryland Parkway and Tropicana Avenue just two days prior, according to reports from KLAS-TV and a missing person file.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police received a call early Thursday about a deceased woman in a drainage ditch close to Wayne Newton Boulevard and the Terminal 1 parking garage at Harry Reid International Airport, KTNV reported. Officers located Goods there and pronounced her dead. Her niece, Alana Calloway, told the station their hearts are broken because they were notified of her death in such a terrible way.

"This is an unimaginable time," the family statement said. "Words cannot describe the pain our family is experiencing right now." They thanked the public for love and support while asking for privacy as they grieve. Police reviewed surveillance footage that appeared to show Goods falling down an embankment, getting back up, then collapsing on August 8 with no further movement observed after that point. Another video clip from that same day showed a woman believed to be Goods near the airport in the afternoon.

Fox News Digital has contacted the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for more information. Roger John, who hosted Goods while she was in town, told KLAS-TV she left his apartment around 12:45 p.m. on August 8 to take a bus to a nearby CVS to buy iron pills before never returning. "Last I saw her, she was going down the stairs," John said. "And that's the last time I saw her." He noted he was not immediately alarmed since Goods sometimes spent hours shopping but called and texted her when she did not come back.

"This is not like her to just go missing," Calloway previously told an outlet. "She has a family that loves her, cares about her. We want her home and want her home safe and alive." The mystery deepened when the family said they began receiving unusual text messages from Goods phone on August 12, four days after she disappeared. The sender allegedly asked for gas money and Bitcoin requests that raised suspicions because Goods did not drive and had no car in Las Vegas. "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 these messages raised concerns that Goods may have been kidnapped. It was not immediately clear Friday who sent the messages. This case highlights how easily scammers can exploit vulnerable people, turning a simple disappearance into a nightmare for loved ones trying to find answers while dealing with unbearable loss.