Alisa Goods, Missing NYC Grandmother, Found Dead Near Las Vegas Airport

On Thursday, August 21, 2026, relatives of Alisa Goods confirmed that the 63-year-old Upper East Side grandmother, missing in Las Vegas for nearly two weeks, was found dead after her body was discovered near Harry Reid International Airport. Police responded to the area around Terminal 1 at approximately 1:45 a.m. that morning. Officials have not released a cause or manner of death, and the investigation remains open.

Editor’s note: This article draws on reporting by KTNV Channel 13, the New York Post, Fox News, FOX5 Vegas, KLAS-TV, and statements from Goods’ family and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, August 8–21, 2026. Cause and manner of death had not been publicly confirmed at time of reporting.

Who was Alisa Goods?

Alisa Goods was a 63-year-old grandmother of five from New York City. Family members described her as a warm, familiar face in her community — a devoted grandmother who traveled to visit a longtime friend in Las Vegas several times before.

Detail	Information
Age	63
Home	Upper East Side, New York City
Family	Mother of five; grandmother of five
Trip purpose	Visiting a friend of about 20 years in Las Vegas
Reported missing	August 10, 2026

Goods was staying with Roger John, a Las Vegas friend she had known for roughly two decades and visited on multiple prior trips. John told KLAS-TV that Goods was “the nicest person” he knew and that her disappearance left him devastated.

Timeline: from a CVS trip to the airport

Goods vanished during what was supposed to be a routine afternoon errand while visiting Las Vegas.

Date / time	Event
Aug. 8, ~12:45 p.m.	Goods leaves John’s apartment near the Las Vegas Strip to take a bus to a nearby CVS
Aug. 8, afternoon	She is later seen at a store near Paradise Road and Flamingo Road, where she buys supplements and water
Aug. 8, afternoon	Surveillance video captures a woman believed to be Goods near Harry Reid International Airport
Aug. 8, evening	Goods does not return to John’s home; John notifies her family
Aug. 10	Missing person report filed — two days after she was last seen
Aug. 8–20	Family searches hospitals, morgues, and posts flyers; police search within a 20-mile radius
Aug. 21, ~1:45 a.m.	Officers respond after a body is found near Terminal 1
Aug. 21	Family publicly confirms the body is Alisa Goods

After Goods reached the CVS area, the trail went cold for nearly two weeks. Investigators later learned she may have been at the airport on the same day she disappeared — hours before her family realized anything was wrong.

Discovery near Harry Reid International Airport

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police responded to the airport area in the early hours of Thursday, August 21, after a body was discovered near Terminal 1 at Harry Reid International Airport.

Key details confirmed by local reporting:

• The body was found near the airport, not inside a secured terminal area
• Officers arrived around 1:45 a.m.
• Relatives confirmed to KTNV Channel 13 on August 21 that the remains were those of Alisa Goods
• The Clark County Coroner’s Office had not publicly released cause or manner of death

It remains unclear how Goods traveled from the CVS area to the airport on August 8, or what happened in the nearly two weeks between her last confirmed sighting and the discovery of her body. Police have not said whether foul play is suspected.

A family’s two-week search

Goods’ disappearance prompted an anguished cross-country search led by her daughter, Kristen Goods, who traveled to Las Vegas to look for her mother.

Kristen told FOX5 Vegas that the family had checked hospitals and morgues while waiting for answers. Flyers with Goods’ photo were posted across the Las Vegas area. Black and Missing, Inc., a nonprofit that highlights missing persons cases, helped amplify the family’s appeal on social media.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police told Fox News Digital on Wednesday, August 20 — the day before the body was found — that the missing person case remained active and that detectives had not found anything suspicious at that stage. That assessment came before the discovery near the airport.

John, the host whose apartment Goods left on August 8, said he filed the missing person report after notifying her family. He told media he could not understand how a woman who knew Las Vegas well from repeated visits could simply vanish after a pharmacy run.

What investigators know — and what they don’t

Authorities have confirmed several pieces of the puzzle while leaving central questions unanswered.

Confirmed

• Goods was last reliably traced to shopping areas near Paradise Road, Harmon Avenue, and Flamingo Road
• Surveillance footage from August 8 shows a woman believed to be Goods near the airport that same afternoon
• Her body was found near Terminal 1 on August 21, 2026
• Family members have confirmed her identity

Still unknown

• Cause and manner of death — pending coroner findings
• How Goods moved from the CVS area to the airport on August 8
• Where she was between August 8 and the discovery of her body
• Whether any criminal charges will follow

KTNV reported that its newsroom had reached out to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and the Clark County Coroner’s Office for additional details. No official police statement linking the airport surveillance footage to the death had been released at time of reporting.

Broader context: tourists who go missing

Goods’ case fits a pattern that families and advocates know too well: a visitor on a familiar trip disappears during an ordinary outing, and days pass before answers arrive.

Las Vegas draws millions of tourists annually, and local police routinely handle missing person reports involving out-of-state visitors. Advocates including Black and Missing, Inc. — which shared Goods’ case — note that missing Black women and older adults often receive less sustained media attention than other demographics, making family-led searches and social media campaigns critical.

Goods’ death ends a nearly two-week ordeal for a New York family that had held out hope she would be found alive.

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Discussion

1. When a loved one vanishes during a routine trip, how long should families wait before expanding a search beyond what local police can cover?

Kristen Goods checked hospitals and morgues while police searched a 20-mile radius. Where would you draw the line between trusting official channels and taking independent steps?

2. Surveillance placed Alisa Goods near the airport on the day she disappeared — yet her body was not found for nearly two weeks. What should airports and cities do to close gaps between security cameras and street-level missing person searches?

Share your thoughts on what travelers and families can reasonably expect when someone goes missing in a major tourist city.

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This article reports on an ongoing investigation. No cause or manner of death has been confirmed. Details may change as officials release further information.