New Timeline Sheds Light on the Final Hours of NYC Grandma Alisa Goods

When Alisa Goods, a 63‑year‑old New York grandmother, vanished in Las Vegas in early August, the story quickly turned into a knot of unanswered questions. Her daughter, Kristen Goods, recently shared a timeline that contradicts the early belief that her mother caught a bus after stopping at a CVS.

According to airport‑control footage captured at 2:17 p.m. on August 8, Alisa was seen trying to climb the sloping embankment that leads down to a ditch near Harry Reid International Airport. She didn’t make it to the top; the video shows her stumbling and falling into the ditch. After that, the camera sees nothing else—no bus, no passing cars, nothing that would suggest she was rescued or taken elsewhere.

It wasn’t until August 20 that a homeless man walking the area spotted her body. The police later confirmed the discovery, but the cause of death remains pending, leaving families and investigators alike to wonder whether the fall itself was fatal or if something else occurred.

Kristen Goods told Channel 13 that her mother never actually boarded a bus. “We’re just trying to piece together what happened after she left the CVS,” she said, her voice breaking. The family had previously noted that Alisa had recently undergone several leg surgeries, which made walking a challenge. That fact adds a painful layer to the image of her struggling up that embankment.

Alisa had been staying with a longtime friend, Roger John, in a strip‑side apartment while visiting Las Vegas. She left the apartment to run a quick errand at CVS, never to return. After she disappeared, her phone briefly went dead, then inexplicably started sending messages asking for money and Bitcoin. Police have not yet identified who was behind those texts.

The family released a statement after the body was recovered, describing the ordeal as “unimaginable” and thanking the public for the outpouring of love, support, and prayers. “We ask for continued privacy as we grieve and try to understand the details surrounding her death,” the statement read.

As the investigation continues, the newly surfaced timeline forces a re‑examination of the moments between the CVS stop and the tragic fall. It also raises fresh concerns about the safety of pedestrians near the airport’s perimeter, especially for those with limited mobility.

For now, the Goods family is left to mourn and to hope that the truth will eventually surface, offering some measure of closure to a heartbreaking mystery.