LAS VEGAS, Nevada. — The nearly two-week search for Alisa Goods, a 63-year-old New York grandmother who disappeared while visiting Las Vegas, has ended in tr4g3dy. Her family confirmed Friday that Goods was found d3ad near Harry Reid International Airport, bringing a devastating conclusion to a case that had generated growing concern across the country.
Goods disappeared on August 8, 2026, after leaving the home of a longtime friend to go shopping. Investigators and relatives had spent nearly two weeks attempting to reconstruct her movements after she failed to return or contact her family.
Her b0dy was discovered during the early morning hours of Thursday, August 20, near Terminal 1 of Harry Reid International Airport. Officers responded to the area at approximately 1:45 a.m. after receiving a report that a person had been found there.
On Friday, Alana Calloway, Goods’ niece, confirmed that the person discovered near the airport was her aunt. The confirmation transformed what had been an urgent missing-person investigation into a search for answers about what happened during the final hours of Goods’ life.
Investigators have uncovered an important piece of the timeline. Surveillance footage from August 8, the same day Goods disappeared, reportedly shows a woman believed to be Alisa in the vicinity of the airport during the afternoon.
That discovery raises a major unanswered question: how did Goods travel from the area where she was last known to have gone shopping to the airport, and what happened to her afterward? Authorities have not yet publicly established the circumstances surrounding those movements.
Before reaching the airport area, Goods had been known to have visited a CVS near Paradise Road and East Harmon Avenue. She had reportedly taken a bus from the residence where she was staying to make the shopping trip.
Goods was visiting a longtime friend in Las Vegas when she disappeared. Her family said she left the friend’s residence on the afternoon of August 8 and never returned, prompting increasing concern when relatives could no longer reach her.
The friend was identified in previous reports as Roger John, who participated in efforts to locate Goods by distributing missing-person flyers. Available reporting has not identified him as a suspect in her disappearance or d3ath.
Two days after she disappeared, Alisa Goods was officially reported missing on August 10. Her relatives began contacting hospitals, detention facilities and the coroner’s office while trying to determine whether something had happened to her.
The mystery deepened on August 12, when relatives said they began receiving unusual messages from Goods’ phone. Some requested help, gas money and even Bitcoin, requests that immediately appeared suspicious to those who knew her.
Her niece, Alana Calloway, found the request for gas money particularly alarming because Goods did not drive. Calloway publicly raised concerns that someone other than her aunt could have been communicating through the device.
Goods’ son, Keven Newton, also received unusual communications while the family desperately attempted to determine who had access to the phone. Authorities have not publicly established that those messages were connected to Goods’ d3ath.
Her daughter, identified in reports as Kristen Goods, traveled to Las Vegas as the search intensified. She joined relatives in seeking information and repeatedly expressed hope that her mother would be located safely.
Alisa was described as a grandmother of five who maintained regular contact with her relatives. Her disappearance was considered highly unusual by family members, who described her as active, independent and closely connected to those she loved.
Reports have described Goods as originally from Newark, New Jersey, with connections to Brooklyn and, more recently, Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Her disappearance therefore generated attention from both New York and Las Vegas news organizations.
Another relative, Elise Whitaker, joined the public appeals for information while Goods remained missing. The family emphasized repeatedly that disappearing without communicating was completely out of character for her.
After receiving confirmation of her d3ath, the family released an emotional statement thanking those who had helped during the search. They described the outcome as devastating after spending almost two weeks living with uncertainty.
Despite the discovery, several of the most important questions remain unanswered. Authorities have not publicly announced a cause or manner of d3ath, and investigators have not explained how Goods reached the airport or how long she had been in the area where she was eventually discovered.
There is also no verified public evidence at this stage establishing that Alisa Goods was k1ll3d or that another person caused her d3ath. Until forensic examinations and the investigation are completed, claims about foul play would be premature.
Investigators now have at least one potentially significant lead in the surveillance footage believed to show Goods near Harry Reid International Airport on August 8. Establishing her movements before and after that recording could help clarify the missing portion of the timeline.
The unusual messages sent from her phone are another element requiring clarification. Although they generated fears within the family while Alisa was missing, no official finding currently connects those communications to the circumstances in which she was found.
For Kristen Goods, Alana Calloway, Keven Newton, Elise Whitaker and the rest of Alisa’s family, the discovery provides an answer to where she was but leaves unresolved the question they now most urgently want answered: what happened to Alisa Goods after she disappeared on August 8?
The investigation remains ongoing as authorities work to establish the circumstances surrounding the 63-year-old grandmother’s final movements and d3ath. What began as a family vacation and nearly two weeks of desperate searching has now become an effort to understand exactly how Alisa Goods ended up near Terminal 1 of Harry Reid International Airport.