{"id":1017782,"date":"2026-08-22T21:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T21:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1017782\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T21:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T21:08:16","slug":"missing-nyc-grandma-alisa-goods-found-dead-in-drainage-ditch-as-surveillance-footage-captures-her-final-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1017782\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing NYC grandma Alisa Goods found dead in drainage ditch as surveillance footage captures her final moments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Manhattan grandmother who went missing in Las Vegas was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/21\/us-news\/missing-nyc-grandma-alisa-goods-found-dead-near-las-vegas-airport-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">found dead in a drainage ditch<\/a> area near an airport \u2013 as cops reveal the final moments of her \u201ccollapsing\u201d on the day she vanished were caught on camera.<\/p>\n<p>Alisa Goods, 63, was seen on surveillance footage \u201cfalling down an embankment, getting back up and then collapsing on Aug. 8\u201d with \u201cno further movement observed after that,\u201d the Las Vegas Metro Police Department told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktnv.com\/news\/missing-new-york-grandmother-alisa-goods-found-dead-in-las-vegas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">KTNV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alisa Goods, 63, went missing after leaving an apartment near the Las Vegas Strip on August 8 in Las Vegas. FOX5<\/p>\n<p>Goods seen in a photo with family. Courtesy Kristen Goods<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/20\/us-news\/family-of-missing-nyc-grandma-alisa-goods-forced-to-check-morgues\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mother of five<\/a>\u2019s body was found by authorities 12 days later on Aug. 20 at around 1:45 a.m. Her body was not visible from the street, cops told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Officials arrive at the scene where Goods was found. KTNV<\/p>\n<p>John was not considered a suspect in her disappearance and aided in the search effort during the nearly two weeks she was missing.<\/p>\n<p>Her family revealed that Goods had recently undergone several surgical procedures on her legs.<\/p>\n<p>They mourned the loss of their matriarch after Goods\u2019 body was found on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur hearts are broken. We were notified that my aunt was found \u2014 unfortunately, not the way we wanted her to be,\u201d Goods\u2019 niece, Alana Calloway, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an unimaginable time. Words cannot describe the pain our family is experiencing right now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe 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,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not yet announced Goods\u2019 cause of death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Manhattan grandmother who went missing in Las Vegas was found dead in a drainage ditch area near&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1017783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,1121,2184,5248,8324,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":["post-1017782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-brooklyn","tag-las-vegas","tag-metro","tag-missing-persons","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117141209724619293","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1017782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1017782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1017782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1017783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1017782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1017782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1017782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}