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The family of Alisa Goods, a 63-year-old grandmother from New York City, is asking the public for help after she vanished during a Las Vegas visit and messages began arriving from her phone asking for money.
A Metropolitan Police Department missing-person flyer says Goods was last seen about 1:40 p.m. on Aug. 8 near the 4900 block of South Maryland Parkway, wearing black Adidas sweatpants and a blue denim jacket. The flyer says she walks with a limp and uses a cane. Her daughter, Kristen Goods, told the Review-Journal that her mother had come to Las Vegas to spend time with a friend of more than 20 years. Kristen said Metro told her that her mother made it to a CVS to collect medication. “That is where our case goes cold,” she said.
The friend called Goods’ sister that night after she did not return, the Review-Journal reported. An attempt to file a report on Aug. 9 came after non-emergency offices had closed; a missing-person report was filed Aug. 10. “We knew when we couldn’t get her on the phone within those two days that something had happened to her,” Kristen Goods said.
On Aug. 12, family members said a niece received texts from Goods’ phone requesting Bitcoin payments. Screenshots provided to the Review-Journal show the niece asking whether the sender was trying to get gas for a car and receiving the reply “Yes,” followed by instructions to send Bitcoin through Cash App, first $40 and later $50. Relatives said Goods does not drive and did not rent a car in Las Vegas. Niece Alana Calloway told CBS News, “My aunt does not drive. There is no car.”
Kristen Goods flew to Las Vegas from the East Coast on Monday, Aug. 17, spoke with detectives and said she learned nothing new. “She’s our superstar. We love her. We want her home,” sister Mielle Stone told the Review-Journal. CBS News reported that Metro said the missing-person case remains active. The family asked anyone with information to contact Metro at 702-828-3111, the Missing Persons Detail at 702-828-2907, or missingpersons@lvmpd.com.