MISSING NYC GRANDMOTHER FOUND DEAD IN LAS VEGAS DRAINAGE DITCH AS HAUNTING SURVEILLANCE VIDEO REVEALS HER FINAL MOMENTS

LAS VEGAS — A desperate search for a 63-year-old New York grandmother who vanished during a trip to Las Vegas has ended in tragedy after her body was discovered in a drainage ditch near Harry Reid International Airport.

Alisa Goods, a grandmother of five from Manhattan, disappeared on August 8, after leaving the Las Vegas home of a longtime friend. Nearly two weeks later, investigators found her body in an area that was largely hidden from view.

Now, surveillance footage has given investigators a heartbreaking glimpse into what may have happened during her final hours.

The footage, according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, shows Goods falling down an embankment, getting back to her feet and then collapsing again.

After that, there was no further movement visible on the recording.

Her cause of death has not yet been released, and authorities have not publicly determined exactly why she ended up at the airport.

SHE LEFT TO GO TO CVS — AND NEVER CAME BACK

Goods had traveled from New York to Las Vegas to visit her longtime friend, Roger John.

On August 8, she reportedly left his residence near the Las Vegas Strip to go to a nearby CVS. She never returned.

Her disappearance became especially concerning because Goods had recently undergone multiple surgeries involving her legs, raising questions about how far she could have traveled on foot.

Her family quickly launched a desperate search, traveling between hospitals and other locations while distributing information about the missing grandmother.

Police searched the area and investigated possible leads, but days passed without an answer.

Then came a series of bizarre messages.

MYSTERY TEXTS FROM HER PHONE

Two days after Goods disappeared, her family began receiving messages from her phone.

The texts reportedly asked for help, gas money and Bitcoin.

For relatives who knew Goods, something immediately felt wrong.

Family members questioned whether she was actually the person sending the messages, particularly because some of the wording and references did not make sense to them.

The messages intensified fears that someone else could have had access to her phone.

But investigators have not publicly established that the texts were connected to Goods’ death.

The suspicious messages remain part of the mystery surrounding the days after she disappeared.

HER FAMILY SEARCHED MORGUES FOR ANSWERS

As the days dragged on, Goods’ loved ones feared the worst.

Her daughter, Kristen, traveled across the country as the family searched hospitals and morgues in the Las Vegas area.

Her longtime friend also helped distribute missing-person flyers and assist with the search.

Police have said Roger John was not considered a suspect and cooperated with efforts to find Goods.

The family was ultimately given devastating news.

BODY DISCOVERED NEAR THE AIRPORT

Just before 2 a.m. on August 20, Las Vegas police received a report about a deceased woman in a drainage-ditch area near Wayne Newton Boulevard and the Terminal 1 parking garage at Harry Reid International Airport.

Officers arrived and identified the woman as Goods.

The location was significant because it was not immediately visible from the surrounding streets.

Investigators then reviewed surveillance footage from the area.

What they saw provided the first known visual account of Goods’ final moments.

THE HAUNTING SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE

According to police, footage recorded on August 8 shows Goods near an airport embankment.

She appears to fall down the slope.

She then manages to get back up.

But moments later, she collapses again.

There is no further movement captured on the footage.

The footage has not publicly answered the biggest question facing investigators:

What caused Goods to collapse?

Police have not said whether she suffered a medical emergency, became disoriented, was injured in the fall or whether another factor contributed to her death.

At this stage, authorities have not publicly announced that foul play was involved.

A FAMILY LEFT WITH QUESTIONS

Goods’ relatives have expressed profound grief following the discovery.

Her niece, Alana Calloway, said the family was devastated and still trying to understand what happened.

The family thanked members of the public and the media who helped spread information about Goods during the search.

They have also asked for privacy as they mourn.

For nearly two weeks, the family had been living with uncertainty — not knowing whether Goods was safe, where she was or who might have been communicating from her phone.

Now they have an answer to one question.

But many others remain.

INVESTIGATION CONTINUES

Authorities are continuing to investigate Goods’ death.

The official cause and manner of death have not been publicly released.

Investigators will likely examine the surveillance footage alongside forensic evidence, her movements on the day she disappeared, cellphone data and the mysterious messages sent after she vanished.

The footage could ultimately prove critical because it establishes that Goods was near the airport on the day she disappeared and documents her collapse.

But it does not, by itself, explain why she died.

For the family of Alisa Goods, the search that began with hope has ended in unbearable grief.

A grandmother traveled to Las Vegas for what should have been a visit with a longtime friend.

She walked away from an apartment intending to run an ordinary errand.

She never made it back.

And now, haunting surveillance footage may hold the final pieces of a story investigators are still working to understand.

The search for Alisa Goods is over. But the questions surrounding her final moments are only beginning.