Las Vegas death investigation
Missing New York grandmother found deceased near Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas
Alisa Goods, a 63-year-old grandmother from Brooklyn, New York, has been found dead in a drainage ditch near Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. Her family confirmed on August 21 that the body discovered near Wayne Newton Boulevard and Terminal 1 parking garage was Goods, who went missing on August 10 after traveling to Las Vegas for a vacation FOX8. She collapsed down an embankment on August 8 and lay undiscovered for 12 days before police found her.
How a Simple Pharmacy Errand Ended in Tragedy
On August 8, Goods left her friend's apartment near Maryland Parkway and Tropicana Avenue to take a bus to a CVS pharmacy on Paradise Road. She needed to buy iron pills. Airport surveillance video captured a woman believed to be Goods falling down an embankment near the airport that afternoon WLBT. She got back up, then collapsed and showed no further movement.
Goods was familiar with Las Vegas and regularly used public transit to get around the city WILX. However, her daughter Kristen noted that Goods had recently undergone several surgeries that severely limited her mobility. Combined with extreme summer desert heat, physical exertion likely left her disoriented and unable to call for help.
Phone Demands for Bitcoin Complicate the Mystery
Two days after Goods went missing on August 10, bizarre text messages started arriving from her phone number KPLC. The messages demanded cash, gas money, and Bitcoin from her family members. Her niece Alana Calloway received the extortion texts and immediately knew something was wrong.
Calloway noted a critical red flag: "My aunt does not drive. There is no car WECT." This meant someone else had her phone and was running an extortion scam. When Goods' family tried calling the phone to verify her safety, the person refused to take voice calls. This 12-day gap between her collapse and the discovery of her body raises unanswered questions about who possessed her phone.
Family Frustrated by Delayed Police Response
After Goods failed to return on August 10, her friend Roger John reported her missing to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police. John actively distributed search flyers around the city. Police have officially ruled him out as a suspect WLFI. Yet Goods' family felt the case was treated as low priority from the start.
Kristen Goods traveled from New Jersey to Las Vegas to search hospitals and morgues herself KGNS. On the GoFundMe campaign for burial costs, she wrote: "It is with profound sadness that we share the heartbreaking news... After the uncertainty and anguish of not knowing where she was, we are now faced with the painful reality of saying goodbye KCBD."
Questions Remain About Airport Security Gaps
Goods' body lay in a drainage ditch for 12 days before being discovered on August 20 at approximately 1:45 AM Atlanta. The ditch was located less than 2 miles from the CVS where she was last seen. This raises serious concerns about airport security sweeps and perimeter monitoring WOWT.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has not released the cause and manner of death WSMV. Investigators maintain they have found no evidence of foul play. However, the public skepticism remains high given the contradictions: if Goods collapsed on August 8, who was sending extortion texts on August 12? The case highlights how vulnerable missing persons are when their phones fall into the wrong hands.
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