Missing New York grandmother found dead near Las Vegas airport after mysterious Bitcoin texts

A New York grandmother who vanished without a trace while visiting Las Vegas earlier this month has been found dead, her family announced Friday.

Alisa Goods, a 63-year-old grandmother of five, was reported missing Aug.

10, two days after she was last seen leaving a friend's apartment near Maryland Parkway and Tropicana Avenue, according to her family and a missing person report obtained by KLAS-TV .

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police responded early Thursday after a caller reported a "deceased woman in a drainage ditch area near Wayne Newton Boulevard and the Terminal 1 parking garage at Harry Reid International Airport," according to KTNV .

NEW YORK GRANDMOTHER VANISHES IN LAS VEGAS AS FAMILY GETS MYSTERIOUS TEXTS FROM HER PHONE ASKING FOR BITCOIN Officers located a woman who was later identified as Goods and pronounced dead, the outlet reported.

"Our hearts are broken.

We were notified that my aunt was found—unfortunately, not the way we wanted her to be," Goods' niece, Alana Calloway, said in a statement provided to the station.

FAMILY CHECKS LAS VEGAS MORGUES IN DESPERATE SEARCH FOR MISSING NEW YORK GRANDMOTHER "This is an unimaginable time," the statement continued.

"Words cannot describe the pain our family is experiencing right now.

We 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." Police reviewed surveillance footage that appeared to show Goods "falling down an embankment, getting back up and then collapsing" on Aug.