Found Deceased Spain - James “Jimmy” Gracey - UA Student from Chicago - Barcelona - 17 March 2026

[elissarachel]

If you look at the Daily Mail article posted, they’ve red circled an isle that was covered with rocks. They think he walked out on it & possibly fell into the water.

But where was the person he left with? He left at 3 AM with someone else on camera. If a witness saw him walking to the beach right after the club, he was with someone else at the time he fell in the water.

 

[Miss Poovy]

But where was the person he left with? He left at 3 AM with someone else on camera. If a witness saw him walking to the beach right after the club, he was with someone else at the time he fell in the water.

I’m not sure, NBC Nightly News is going to give an update.

 

[Miss Poovy]

But where was the person he left with? He left at 3 AM with someone else on camera. If a witness saw him walking to the beach right after the club, he was with someone else at the time he fell in the water.

I’m not sure, NBC Nightly News is going to give an update.

 

[Seni]

If you are familiar with the beach you will know that you cannot fall into the water at a depth, you have to wade into it

 

[elissarachel]

If you are familiar with the beach you will know that you cannot fall into the water at a depth, you have to wade into it

I heard it was man made so there is a big drop there?

 

[elissarachel]

I’m looking for the link.

 

[Kittypoo]

Yes I recall the case the husband was wearing a motorcycle helmet in the CCTV when he sprayed the camera. Also pictured leaving with a suitcase believed to contain Ana so very disturbing. Definitely a lack of information
I will need to revisit the thread now!

Am thinking of previous case of Colombian lady Ana separating from husband in Florida. She fled to Spain. Police released video of someone at her door and spraying paint on the camera. Anyone remember? Husband has since been arrested.

But also some reticence on the part of the police as regards release of info

where

 

[Seni]

I heard it was man made so there is a big drop there?

Yes, adapted for the Olympic Games but shallow for a long way out

 

[Kittypoo]

Moo...wonder what the street lighting is like at nite. There are green space parks nearby. Lots of isolated places close by.....moo

Yes this has Sudisha Konanki vibes who disappeared from the beach inebriated a power outage during her spring break trip from memory last year? Was it Mexico?

 

[whitelilac]

You'd think that if he wanted to walk on that rocky promontory he would have taken his phone and not left it on the beach. On the other hand if he was so inebriated, he could have forgotten it. IF his companion was still with him, wouldn't at least one of them have noticed the phone? But if she was with him, wouldn't she have seen him fall off the rocks? Or did she leave before he went to the rocks?

IF the thief is telling the truth, that he found it on the beach.
We just don't have the circumstances.

So devastating....

 

[Miss Poovy]

Yes, adapted for the Olympic Games but shallow for a long way out

The NBC Nightly News said his body was found near the coast, while the Daily News mention the rock isle. I don’t know how the water flows.

 

[Fascinated1]

Yes this has Sudisha Konanki vibes who disappeared from the beach inebriated a power outage during her spring break trip from memory last year? Was it Mexico?

Dominican Republic.

 

[Kittypoo]

US student James Gracey, 20, found dead after vanishing in Barcelona

James 'Jimmy' Gracey, 20, a junior at the University of Alabama, was last seen at a nightclub in Barcelona before he became separated from friends he was visiting abroad.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Daily Mail with some more detail about what police think happened, and a brief statement from his family.

Behind a paywall

 

[elissarachel]

Yes, adapted for the Olympic Games but shallow for a long way out

Then I wonder how they think he fell in and drowned.

 

[elissarachel]

Yes. From dailymail above he was seen on security cameras leaving with an unidentified person.

 

[Kittypoo]

Yes, adapted for the Olympic Games but shallow for a long way out

You can still drown in shallow water especially when inebriated

 

[Miss Poovy]

Behind a paywall

There’s a Daily Mail article posted by Arkay a few threads up. It’s the previous article to this one.

 

[Dotta]

You can still drown in shallow water especially when inebriated

One can even drown in a bathtub.

 

[Sundog]

I listened to a short interview with Joseph Scott Morgan earlier this evening and he said that the autopsy will be important to determine if something was possibly put into Jimmy Gracey's drink, and also looking at his hands for any defensive wounds, any signs on his body of foul play, etc. And that the investigation will continue with analysis of the security video, interviewing people at the bar who may have interacted with him, etc. I tried to find the link again to post it here but can't find it now. Hopefully, tonight he and other experts will be giving more interviews and discussing the case and the various possibilities of cause and manner of Jimmy's death. It's too early simply to say that his death was an accident.

JMO since I can't find the link.

 

[Miss Poovy]

I listened to a short interview with Joseph Scott Morgan earlier this evening and he said that the autopsy will be important to determine if something was possibly put into Jimmy Gracey's drink, and also looking at his hands for any defensive wounds, any signs on his body of foul play, etc. And that the investigation will continue with analysis of the security video, interviewing people at the bar who may have interacted with him, etc. I tried to find the link again to post it here but can't find it now. Hopefully, tonight he and other experts will be giving more interviews and discussing the case and the various possibilities of cause and manner of Jimmy's death. It's too early simply to say that his death was an accident.

JMO since I can't find the link.

It seems like every time I decide to post, I can’t find my source document.