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20-year-old University of Alabama student missing in Barcelona

Posted on 3/18/26 at 12:43 pm
Posted by dallastigers
Member since Dec 2003
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Posted on 3/18/26 at 12:43 pm
Got separated from friends, and someone else found with his phone later. Sending prayers but arresting the guy with the phone is concerning.
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A 20-year-old University of Alabama student from the Chicago area is missing from a spring break trip to visit friends studying abroad in Barcelona, Spain, according to his family.

James "Jimmy" Gracey, of Elmhurst, Illinois, was last seen around 3 a.m. after visiting the waterfront Shoko restaurant and nightclub on March 17, his mother, Therese Gracey, wrote in a Facebook post.

"He was with friends, but they got separated at the end of the night," she added. "They’re all out looking for him."

Police have recovered his phone during the arrest of another individual, said Noreen Heron, a family spokesperson.

The younger Gracey never made it to the Airbnb at Ronda de Sant Pere, a central avenue in the city, that he'd rented with friends, according to the family. He went to Spain to visit friends who are studying abroad during spring break.
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The last known photo of Jimmy Gracey shows him wearing a white T-shirt and gold chain adorned with a rhinestone cross. He was last seen around 3 a.m. at the Shoko nightclub in Barcelona. (Gracey family)


https://www.foxnews.com/us/university-alabama-student-james-gracey-disappears-barcelona-after-visiting-friends-studying-abroad
This post was edited on 3/18/26 at 12:47 pm
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Posted by Roll Tide Ravens
Birmingham, AL
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 3/19/26 at 1:50 pm to
A body has been found at sea and it’s believed to be the body of Jimmy Gracey.
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Posted by poncho villa
DALLAS
Member since Jul 2010
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Posted on 3/18/26 at 12:44 pm to
Not a hot blonde no one will care
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
91055 posts
Posted on 3/18/26 at 12:45 pm to
I was in Spain just two weeks ago
Posted by GeauxLSUGeaux
1 room down from Erin Andrews
Member since May 2004
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Posted on 3/18/26 at 12:49 pm to
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The younger Gracey never made it to the Airbnb at Ronda de Sant Pere, a central avenue in the city, that he'd rented with friends


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"He was with friends, but they got separated at the end of the night," she added. "They’re all out looking for him."



Hmmmm
Posted by SloaneRanger
Upper Hurstville
Member since Jan 2014
13527 posts
Posted on 3/18/26 at 12:49 pm to
Prolly a third world “migrant” who was too dumb to realize that the phone would give his position away. This kid is prolly dead unfortunately. These European cities aren’t as safe as they used to be.
Posted by Hoyt
Alabama: The Beautiful
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 3/18/26 at 12:52 pm to
This happened to a relative of mine. He was in a major US city with friends. They went to a sporting event then to bars. His friends went home and he stayed behind to drink and seal the deal with a girl. He ended up dead on the sidewalk.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 3/18/26 at 12:52 pm to
Do they have Hostels in Barcelona?
Posted by lsuwins3
Member since Nov 2008
1923 posts
Posted on 3/18/26 at 12:53 pm to
So this happened yesterday.
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
Member since Sep 2018
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Posted on 3/18/26 at 12:54 pm to
How do you get separated from friends? And if so it's good to know they don't give a shite. I guess they thought he would return when he returned. And there is probably more to this story anyway.
Posted by crewdepoo
Hogwarts
Member since Jan 2015
10989 posts
Posted on 3/18/26 at 12:55 pm to
So he's been missing for a day?
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
33013 posts
Posted on 3/18/26 at 12:56 pm to
Europe is sketchy AF...

My nephew had a laptop stolen out of his bag at a restaurant in Spain, didn't know it was stolen till he went to pull it out...
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
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Posted on 3/18/26 at 12:57 pm to
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How do you get separated from friends?


Get hammered and have fun.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
110295 posts
Posted on 3/18/26 at 1:03 pm to
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My nephew had a laptop stolen out of his bag
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Europe is sketchy AF
Bro, a laptop getting stolen makes it sketchy AF?

The entire planet has been sketchy AF since the beginning of time then
This post was edited on 3/18/26 at 1:04 pm
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
91055 posts
Posted on 3/18/26 at 1:06 pm to
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How do you get separated from friends?


Get hammered and have fun.


we were in Milan last month and we invited a young girl who is the grand daughter? of some people we know casually who is studying abroad in Milan, to go with us to Cortina, she went and didn't want to a ticket to the night event we were attending so she just went bar hopping, when the event was over she wasn't at the agreed on meeting spot to get on a bus to the train station, our daughter told us to go to the bus and she'd find her, she was pretty tipsy, and was with a group of guys that were just salivating, my daughter grabbed her and ran to the bus(last one of the night,) and barely made it, the girl was trying to hit up on a young guy sitting near us during the bus ride, smart kid, a young hottie too, about to finish up her IMBA, but I could see her disappearing into to the night like that
This post was edited on 3/18/26 at 1:16 pm
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
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Posted on 3/18/26 at 1:13 pm to
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MorbidTheClown


ISWYDT
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
129546 posts
Posted on 3/18/26 at 1:15 pm to
Spain used to be the theft capital of Europe

It has gotten outright dangerous in places now though. I believe it is now the "most dangerous" country in Europe now.
Posted by dallastigers
Member since Dec 2003
10375 posts
Posted on 3/18/26 at 1:16 pm to
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So he's been missing for a day?


If times are local and the date was correct for the last time seen at 3am on the 17th it’s pushing around 40 hours Barcelona local time since last seen (like night out started on the 16th). If the mom was using 17th for when night started for them and was actually last seen at 3AM on the 18th (today) then it’s 16 hours local time since he was last seen.

I would think it’s the former, but I don’t really know. The dad has flown in and is helping to search.
Posted by TulsaSooner78
Member since Aug 2025
2102 posts
Posted on 3/18/26 at 1:17 pm to
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I was in Spain just two weeks ago


Were you out clubbing at 3 am?
Posted by TulsaSooner78
Member since Aug 2025
2102 posts
Posted on 3/18/26 at 1:19 pm to
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Europe is sketchy AF...


As opposed to any other spring break destination he could have gone to along the gulf coast?
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
91055 posts
Posted on 3/18/26 at 1:19 pm to
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Were you out clubbing at 3 am?


nah, but we were up at 3am, flight home was delayed so we took a bunch of booze from the Iberia VIP lounge to the hotel and come to find out Iberia was comping all the food and drinks at the hotel, including the mini bar
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