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Who Was Alisa Goods? Missing New Yorker Found Dead in Las Vegas

Headline from Newsweek, on the newest of 5 developments

Alisa Goods, a 63-year-old Brooklyn grandmother who vanished during a trip to Las Vegas, has been found dead, relatives said.

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Developments in this update

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  1. Family receives mysterious texts after woman goes missing in Las Vegas

    Headline from KRQE Albuquerque ·

  2. Family desperately searches for missing woman after getting mysterious texts demanding bitcoin

    Headline from CBS News ·

  3. NYC grandma who went missing in Las Vegas found dead after family got mystery texts

    Headline from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth ·

  4. Family of missing NYC grandma forced to check morgues in desperate search after Las Vegas disappearance

    Headline from New York Post ·

  5. Newest

    Who Was Alisa Goods? Missing New Yorker Found Dead in Las Vegas

    Headline from Newsweek ·

Reports & sources

41 articles, oldest first.

  1. 8 News Now Las Vegas

    Family receives mysterious texts after woman goes missing in Las Vegas (opens 8 News Now Las Vegas)

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    8 News Now Las Vegas's feed description

    An East Coast family said they're desperate to find their family member, 63-year-old Alisa Goods, who was reported missing on August 10. The family later received text messages from her phone, asking for payment in Bitcoin.

  2. FOX8 WGHP

    Family gets mysterious text after 63-year-old woman vanishes in Las Vegas (opens FOX8 WGHP)

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    FOX8 WGHP's feed description

    An East Coast family said they're desperate to find their family member, 63-year-old Alisa Goods, who was reported missing on August 10. The family later received text messages from her phone, asking for payment in Bitcoin.

  3. New York Post

    NY woman missing in Vegas — with family getting ‘alarming’ texts from her phone asking for bitcoin (opens New York Post)

    Published

    New York Post's feed description

    Alisa Goods, 63, was reported missing earlier this month after leaving the friend's apartment Aug. 8 to go to a CVS pharmacy just off the Las Vegas Strip.

  4. CBS News

    After a mother went missing in Las Vegas, her family received texts from her phone (opens CBS News)

    Published

    CBS News's feed description

    After a 63-year-old woman in Las Vegas didn't return from a trip to the drugstore, her family said they started getting text messages from the woman's phone. The family spoke with Nicole Valdes.

  5. CBS News

    An NY grandma of 5 went missing in Vegas. Now her family is getting messages asking for bitcoin (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    There's an urgent search for a New York woman whose family says she disappeared 10 days ago while in Las Vegas. The woman's family hasn't heard from her other than receiving mysterious text messages from her phone asking for payments in cash and bitcoin. Nicole Valdes reports.

  6. CBS News

    Missing woman's family receives texts asking for money, bitcoin (opens CBS News)

    Published

    CBS News's feed description

    Alisa Goods, 63, disappeared 10 days ago in Las Vegas. Her family has been receiving mysterious messages from her phone.

  7. CBS News

    Family desperately searches for missing woman after getting mysterious texts demanding bitcoin (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    A family is desperately searching for a New York woman after she went missing while visiting a friend in Las Vegas. Her daughters say they are now receiving texts from her phone demanding bitcoin. CBS News' Nicole Valdes has more.

  8. NBC New York

    Fears grow for NYC grandma missing 11 days in Vegas after family gets mystery texts (opens NBC New York)

    Published

    NBC New York's feed description

    Alisa Goods has been missing since Aug. 8.

  9. FOX 5 New York

    NYC woman disappears on Las Vegas vacation, family gets texts asking for crypto (opens FOX 5 New York)

    Published

    FOX 5 New York's feed description

    Alisa Goods, a 63-year-old grandmother from NYC, vanished on vacation in Las Vegas. Her family reports strange messages from her phone requesting Bitcoin and cash.

  10. Fox News

    New York grandmother vanishes in Las Vegas as family gets mysterious texts from her phone asking for Bitcoin (opens Fox News)

    Published

    Fox News's feed description

    Alisa Goods vanished after leaving a friend's Las Vegas apartment for CVS, and her family says mysterious texts demanding Bitcoin and gas money followed.

  11. NBC News

    Family of woman missing in Las Vegas says they have received strange Bitcoin demands (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The family of a 63-year-old woman who disappeared in Las Vegas earlier this month while visiting a friend says someone posing as the woman has been calling and texting from her phone, demanding payment in Bitcoin.

  12. Las Vegas Review-Journal

    ‘We want her home’: Family of missing NYC woman says they got texts asking for payments (opens Las Vegas Review-Journal)

    Published

    Las Vegas Review-Journal's feed description

    Alisa Goods, a 63-year-old grandmother from New York City, went missing on Aug. 8 during a trip to Las Vegas. Her family is desperate for answers.

  13. New York Post

    Family of missing NYC grandma forced to check morgues in desperate search after Las Vegas disappearance (opens New York Post)

    Published

    New York Post's feed description

    The anguished family of a Brooklyn grandmother who went missing two weeks ago on a trip to Las Vegas has taken desperate measures to locate her, including checking local morgues for her body. Alisa Goods, 63, was in town visiting a longtime friend when she left his apartment near the Las Vegas Strip…

  14. Fox News

    Family checks Las Vegas morgues in desperate search for missing New York grandmother (opens Fox News)

    Published

    Fox News's feed description

    Alisa Goods' daughter traveled to Las Vegas to check hospitals and morgues after the 63-year-old grandmother vanished following a CVS trip Aug. 8.

  15. NBC New York

    NYC grandma who went missing in Las Vegas found dead after family got mystery texts (opens NBC New York)

    Published

    NBC New York's feed description

    Alisa Goods has been missing since Aug. 8.

  16. FOX 5 New York

    Family confirms death of NYC woman who went missing in Vegas (opens FOX 5 New York)

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    FOX 5 New York's feed description

    Alisa Goods, a grandmother from New York who went missing in Las Vegas, has been found dead, her family confirmed.

  17. ABC 7 New York

    Family says body of missing Upper East Side woman found near airport in Las Vegas (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    ABC 7 New York's feed description

    The family of Alisa Goods feared the worst after she went missing and started receiving suspicious texts from her phone asking for money.

  18. New York Post

    Missing NYC grandma Alisa Goods found dead near Las Vegas airport almost 2 weeks after vanishing on trip: report (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    A Brooklyn grandmother who went missing for nearly two weeks while visiting a longtime friend in Las Vegas has been found dead, KTNV reports. Alisa Goods, 63, was last seen Aug. 8 as she left her friend’s apartment near the Las Vegas Strip to go shopping at a CVS pharmacy. The mother of five’s body.

  19. 8 News Now Las Vegas

    Missing New York woman found dead in Las Vegas, family says (opens 8 News Now Las Vegas)

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    8 News Now Las Vegas's feed description

    Just 11 days after the family of Alisa Goods filed a missing person report, they confirmed that her body was recovered in Las Vegas. Sources tell 8 News Now they found Goods early Thursday morning in a wash near Harry Reid International Airport.

  20. Las Vegas Review-Journal

    NYC woman who went missing in Las Vegas found dead, family says (opens Las Vegas Review-Journal)

    Published

    Las Vegas Review-Journal's feed description

    The family of Alisa Goods announced the news on its GoFundMe page

  21. KTVU San Francisco

    Missing NYC grandma found dead in Las Vegas, family confirms (opens KTVU San Francisco)

    Published

    KTVU San Francisco's feed description

    Alisa Goods, a grandmother from New York City who went missing in Las Vegas , has been found dead, her family confirmed to FOX 5 NY . "Our hearts are broken. We were notified that my aunt was found—unfortunately, not the way we wanted her to be. This is an unimaginable time.

  22. CBS News

    Body of New York grandmother who went missing in Las Vegas found, sister says (opens CBS News)

    Published

    CBS News's feed description

    The body of Alisa Goods, a New York grandmother who went missing while visiting Las Vegas, has been found after more than a week, her sister told CBS News' Alice Gainer.

  23. Newsweek

    Who Was Alisa Goods? Missing New Yorker Found Dead in Las Vegas (opens Newsweek)

    Published

    Newsweek's feed description

    Alisa Goods, a 63-year-old Brooklyn grandmother who vanished during a trip to Las Vegas, has been found dead, relatives said.

  24. NBC News

    Missing New York City grandmother found dead near airport in Las Vegas (opens NBC News)

    Published

    NBC News's feed description

    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.

  25. Fox News

    Missing New York grandmother found dead near Las Vegas airport after mysterious Bitcoin texts (opens Fox News)

    Published

    Fox News's feed description

    Alisa Goods was found dead in a Las Vegas drainage ditch near Harry Reid International Airport after surveillance showed her collapsing on Aug. 8.

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