NYC woman disappears on Las Vegas vacation, family gets texts asking for crypto
Search continues for New York City woman missing in Las Vegas
A New York City woman has been reported missing after traveling to Las Vegas and failing to return to where she was staying, according to her family. They alerted authorities and raised concerns after reportedly receiving suspicious text messages and requests for money from her phone.
NEW YORK - The family of Alisa Goods, a New York City woman who went missing while on vacation in Las Vegas, is desperate for answers after they reported getting suspicious text messages from her phone asking for cash and Bitcoin.
Grandmother's disappearance
What we know:
Goods, a 63-year-old grandmother, has not been seen in 11 days since she left for Vegas more than one week ago, her family told the New York Post.
Daughter of missing NY grandmother pleads for answers in Vegas disappearance
FOX 5's Robert Moses speaks with Alisa's daughter, Kristen Goods, about the search for her mother and the frustrating hurdles the family has faced with the local police investigation.
Goods was reportedly staying with her friend, Roger John, who said she left his apartment to go to a store, possibly a CVS, to pick up iron pills and never returned.
When Goods failed to come back, John reached out to her family, who said they instructed him to file a police report with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. John also told a Las Vegas news station that Goods usually stays with him when she visits.
Suspicious text messages
Dig deeper:
Goods' family said her iPhone initially rang straight to voicemail when they tried calling on Aug 12. Later that night, her family said someone answered her phone and hung up before communication continued strictly through text, with her family soon receiving strange messages from her device.
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In one of the texts, shared by Goods' niece Alana Calloway, the sender initially asked for Cash App before switching to Bitcoin, even offering to teach Calloway how to use it when she said she wasn't familiar with it.
Wary of the sender, Calloway replied saying she would get "Kelly" to help. Since no one in the family is named Kelly, she said she figured her aunt would reply asking who that was. The sender reportedly replied, "She should send $50."
Goods' family said it's unlike her to go missing like this. They say they have since taken their cries for help to social media after exhausting all other options, including searching local hospitals, inmate databases and contacting the coroner's office.
What you can do:
Anyone with any information is urged to contact the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
The Source: Information from The New York Post and FOX 5 N.Y. reporting.