Body Of U.S. College Student Missing In Barcelona Found

March 19, 2026 4:28 pm

BARCELONA (AP) — Spanish authorities say they have found the body of a missing college student from Illinois. The body of 20-year-old James “Jimmy” Gracey was found Thursday evening in the waters off a Barcelona beach, near where he was last seen outside a nightclub with his friends early Tuesday. He never returned to the room he was renting with friends. Police recovered his phone soon after he went missing. Gracey was a student at the University of Alabama, and was visiting friends in Barcelona for a spring break trip.