Family Searches Las Vegas Hospitals, Morgues for Missing 63-Year-Old Alisa Goods

Q: Who is sending the chilling extortion texts and fake voice recordings from the missing woman's phone?

No one publicly knows yet who is sending the texts and voice recordings from Alisa Goods’ phone. What is known is that after Goods disappeared in Las Vegas on Aug. 8, her family began receiving messages from her phone on Aug. 12 asking for gas money, Cash App help and then Bitcoin. Relatives said the messages did not sound like her and contained details they found implausible, including claims about needing gas even though Goods does not drive. In one exchange, the sender did not react when a family member mentioned “Kelly,” a name the family says has no connection to them. Her son also received a call from a woman identifying herself as Alisa, but the family said the voice did not sound like her. Police have not identified a sender and have not said the messages prove Goods herself had the phone. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police told NBC News the calls and texts could be “spoofing,” meaning someone may be falsifying caller information or impersonating her rather than communicating from her actual location. That would fit the Bitcoin demand, a common hallmark of scam or extortion attempts. At this stage, the evidence points to an unknown impersonator or scammer, not a confirmed suspect. Investigators have said the case remains active, and the family has turned over the texts, calls and recordings to police. There has been no public confirmation that the sender is tied to Goods’ disappearance, only that the communications are suspicious and under review.

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Kristen Goods traveled from New Jersey to Las Vegas to look for her 63-year-old mother, saying the family has already checked hospitals and morgues nearly two weeks after her disappearance.
Aug. 8 was the last confirmed sighting: Alisa Goods left a longtime friend's apartment, then was later seen at a store near Paradise and Flamingo roads buying supplements and water before never returning.
Text messages from Goods' phone began arriving days later, first asking for gas money and then Bitcoin, but the family says it does not know who sent them or whether she still had the phone.
Las Vegas police say the case remains active and detectives have found nothing suspicious; the friend she was visiting has been cleared, while relatives question why surveillance has yielded so few clues.
The search has focused within a 20-mile radius because Goods recently had multiple leg surgeries and likely could not walk far, leaving flyers and public appeals as the family's main leads.