Missing woman's family receives texts asking for money, bitcoin

More than a week after Alisa Goods, 63, vanished in Las Vegas, her family is grappling with a disturbing new development: text messages from her phone requesting cash and bitcoin. Goods, a grandmother of five, traveled to Las Vegas on August 8 to visit a friend. According to the friend, Goods left his apartment that day to take a bus to a nearby CVS and never returned. She was officially reported missing on August 10. Two days after she was reported missing, Goods' family began receiving messages from her phone. The texts pleaded for help, requesting money for gas and bitcoin. This request struck her niece, Alana Calloway, as particularly odd. "I said, 'What do you need gas for? The car?' My aunt does not drive. There is no car," Calloway told CBS News, raising the chilling possibility that Goods had been kidnapped and her phone was being used by her captors. "If they have her phone, there's a possibility that they have her," Calloway added. "I want to know that she's OK and that she is alive." The Las Vegas Metro Police have confirmed that Goods' missing person case is active and are urging anyone with information to contact investigators. Despite reaching out to local hospitals, jails, and the coroner's office, Goods' family has found no leads. Her daughter, Kristen Goods, is currently in Las Vegas, actively searching for answers and appealing for her mother's safe return.

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