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

Posted on 3/19/26 at 11:45 am to
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
30108 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 11:45 am to
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I’ve also never been out clubbing which might be a super different scene over here admittedly.


Well yeah, sitting in a cafe in Florence isn’t the same as clubbing in Barcelona.

That’s like saying you had a fantastic brunch in San Diego, so clubbing in Tijuana should be a go.
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
30108 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 11:50 am to
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He looks like a big kid who could handle himself if he got jumped.


If you are drunk at 3AM, a surprise attack around a dark corner with an experienced criminal (or group) would disable you with ease. They rob you, beat the shite out of you, throw you in the backseat of some car, and it’s game over. You are 20 years old, have just been beaten and kidnapped, and now are essentially lost in a foreign nation.

Again, none of this is surprising. This isn’t about illegal immigrants or some grand conspiracy. These stories happen frequently.
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
Member since Sep 2018
24004 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 11:51 am to
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Everybody keeps speculating that he drowned. Has it been said in the media that he could not swim?

No. His wallet was found in the water. So the next thing police look for is to see if the body is in the water.
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It’s just strange that he would walk off with some chick, go for a late night swim and die that way.

Probably considering foul play at this point. No woman is missing at this point I assume? Gut tells me this is a foul play sort of thing. Not saying I wouldn't have walked away with a dark haired woman at 3:00 that I'd met in a club while on spring break in Europe. But as a full grown adult? That choice is suspect.
Posted by NytroBud
LaFayette
Member since Jun 2009
6071 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 1:29 pm to
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I was in Spain just two weeks ago


Damn...that coulda been you
Posted by Roll Tide Ravens
Birmingham, AL
Member since Nov 2015
51702 posts
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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This post was edited on 3/19/26 at 1:51 pm
Posted by WillieD
Lafayette/BR
Member since Apr 2014
3245 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:00 pm to
Spain is a shithole - Rickey in Watson
Posted by JPLSU1981
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2005
28424 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:21 pm to
Wonder if there was any cash in his wallet that they found? If so, then probably not a robbery/murder and just a drunk swimming accidental drowning.
This post was edited on 3/19/26 at 2:22 pm
Posted by Texjohnson
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2020
152 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:25 pm to
Very sad, it looks like they have found the body
Posted by PSS101
Member since Jun 2024
1636 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:30 pm to
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Posted by Eurocat
Member since Apr 2004
17241 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 3:10 pm to
Body Found.

RIP

LINK

Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
92254 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 3:17 pm to
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Wonder if there was any cash in his wallet that they found?


probably not, nobody carries around much cash anymore, especially young'n's
Posted by Sl0thstronautEsq
Member since Aug 2018
18213 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 3:20 pm to
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Body Found.


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The body of 20-year-old James “Jimmy” Gracey was found Thursday evening in the water off a Barcelona beach, the press office for Catalonia’s regional police in Barcelona told The Associated Press. A team of police divers found the body.

His body was found near where he was last seen outside a nightclub with his friends early Tuesday.
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
68414 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 3:26 pm to
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Gracey's body was pulled from the water about 6pm local time and formally identified, with his family notified, the source said.

He is believed to have drowned, but an autopsy will be needed to confirm.

The student was last seen on Tuesday, about 3am at the beachfront nightclub Shôko, according to his mother, Therese Gracey. Police have said they could not rule out foul play after security cameras showed Gracey leaving the venue with a yet-to-be-identified stranger.
Posted by sc2anni
at my desk
Member since Feb 2023
616 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 5:07 pm to
What is it with drunk young men and water?

I am going back to mid/late 90's maybe and the "Smiley Face killer." Drunk male college male. Midwest area. One I remember specifically in St Cloud, MN.Wintertime. He went out of the bar and went to the river. Went through a hole in the ice. Numerous tracks nearby and a Smiley Face drawn nearby.
Posted by tigerfan88
Member since Jan 2008
9029 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 5:10 pm to
So still to be confirmed whether it was a purely accidental drowning, but that is the current line of thinking.

Man some of the posters are going to be devastated that he wasn’t jumped and stabbed to death by these roving gangs of Muslim migrants Facebook has told them have taken over the streets of Europe.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
92254 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 5:12 pm to
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wasn’t jumped and stabbed to death by these roving gangs of Muslim migrants Facebook has told them have taken over the streets of Europe.


yep, just got back from a couple of weeks in Europe, hit six countries, don’t recall seeing nary a mooslim
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
24206 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 6:00 pm to
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yep, just got back from a couple of weeks in Europe, hit six countries, don’t recall seeing nary a mooslim



You realize that many of the Muslims in Europe are black right? If you don’t see any black immigrants in Europe in the big cities then you are full of it. They are everywhere in the prime tourist areas.

It was cold, why would he swim?

I’m curious if this could have been a scam, girl walks a drunk guy out of the club and dares him to swim in the water. Then steals his phone and wallet? But he was found with his wallet. Why was his phone found first and still usable?
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
44902 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 6:36 pm to
I went to Barcelona for Mardi Gras, we saw a few Muslims (mostly taxi drivers). But we did hear complaints about them. A tour guide, waitress, and Customs Officer each complained about how bad it has gotten the past few years. What was interesting the Customs Officer was from Norway.
Posted by Porter Osborne Jr
Member since Sep 2012
43755 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 6:50 pm to
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yep, just got back from a couple of weeks in Europe, hit six countries, don’t recall seeing nary a mooslim


You saw them, but you didn't recognize them as Muslim.
Posted by Crimson Wraith
Member since Jan 2014
30094 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 6:55 pm to
Did you only go to tourist areas?
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