New York grandmother Alisa Goods’ body was found in an embankment near a Las Vegas airport by a homeless man, who notified parking attendants about the grim discovery, according to Metro Police.
Surveillance footage showed Goods, 63, “falling down an embankment, getting back up and then collapsing on Aug. 8,” the same day she disappeared after leaving a longtime friend’s apartment to run an errand.
The mother of five’s body, which cops said was not visible from the street, remained in the drainage ditch area near Wayne Newton Boulevard and the Harry Reid International Airport Terminal 1 parking garage for 12 days until the homeless man spotted her.
Authorities have not yet released Goods’ cause of death.
Her family revealed that Goods had recently undergone several surgical procedures on her legs that made getting around difficult for the grandmother.
The Upper East Side resident was visiting her friend of 20 years, Roger John, in Sin City and left his pad near the Las Vegas Strip to go shopping at CVS before she vanished.
Goods’ family said it was “not like her” to go missing and grew increasingly concerned after her disconnected cell phone started sending messages to family members.
In some of the messages, the person on the other end of the phone asked for money, and even Bitcoin.
Her grief-stricken family took part in the frantic search, including one of her daughters, Kristen, who flew into town from New Jersey hoping to find her mother.
She told local media family members were checking hospitals and even morgues as the search grew increasingly desperate.
After her body was found, Goods’ niece, Alana Calloway, made a statement on behalf of the family.
“Our hearts are broken. We were notified that my aunt was found — unfortunately, not the way we wanted her to be,” she said in a statement.
“This is an unimaginable time. 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. We also want to thank the media for helping bring attention to this situation. This hurts so deeply. We are still trying to learn the details surrounding her death. We ask for continued prayers and privacy as we grieve,” the statement concluded.
