The body of a missing 63-year-old grandmother from New York City was found near Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, police said Friday.
Police said security camera footage showed that Alisa Goods had fallen down an embankment and collapsed and couldn’t be seen from the adjacent roadway, Wayne Newton Boulevard.
Her body was found in a drainage ditch near a parking structure Thursday after someone called to report a body near the airport, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement.
The security video is from Aug. 8, it said, the day Goods’ family said she went missing in Las Vegas while visiting a friend. Goods was from Brooklyn, family has said.
Alana Calloway, Goods’ niece, said her aunt was visiting a friend in Las Vegas and was headed to a pharmacy before she disappeared.
Her family said that after her disappearance, someone using her phone number texted relatives to ask for help in the form of bitcoin or a CashApp transfer.
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Police believe the texts may have come from scammers using “spoofing” technology to present themselves as texting under Goods’ number. They said they didn’t believe Goods was in danger at the time.
Police said the remains’ identity was preliminary. Cause and manner of death were unavailable.
“Our hearts are broken,” she said in a statement Friday. “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.”
Dennis Romero is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.