Missing New York grandmother found dead near Las Vegas airport after mysterious Bitcoin texts
A 63-year-old grandmother from New York who disappeared while visiting Las Vegas has been found dead near the city's airport, her family confirmed. Alisa Goods, a grandmother of five, was reported missing on 10 August, two days after she was last seen leaving a friend's flat, sparking a search that drew attention partly due to unexplained text messages referencing Bitcoin sent around the time of her disappearance.
According to a missing person report obtained by local broadcaster KLAS-TV, Goods was last seen near the intersection of Maryland Parkway and Tropicana Avenue on 8 August. Her family announced her death on Friday, though full details of how she died and the circumstances surrounding the mysterious Bitcoin-related texts had not been fully disclosed at the time of reporting.
- New York grandmother Alisa Goods, 63, found dead in Las Vegas.
- She had been reported missing on 10 August after vanishing.
- Case involved unexplained Bitcoin-related text messages.
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Alisa Goods, a 63-year-old grandmother of five from New York, was visiting Las Vegas when she went missing. She was last seen on 8 August leaving a friend's flat near Maryland Parkway and Tropicana Avenue, and was reported missing two days later, prompting a search by local authorities and concern from her family back home.
The case drew wider attention because of strange text messages mentioning Bitcoin, a form of digital currency, sent around the time she disappeared. It was not clear who sent them or what they meant, and this detail fuelled speculation about what might have happened to her during the search.
Her family has now confirmed that Goods was found dead near Las Vegas's airport. The exact circumstances of her death, and any link to the Bitcoin messages, have not yet been fully explained by officials.