Missing U.S. student tourist James Gracey found dead in water off Barcelona
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James 'Jimmy' Gracey was reported missing after he didn't return to the short-term rental where he was staying with friends during spring break.
The body of James “Jimmy” Gracey, an American college student who went missing while visiting friends for spring break in Spain, was found Thursday in the water off a Barcelona beach, police said.
Gracey’s body was found by police divers and positively identified, the press office for Catalonia’s regional police in Barcelona told The Associated Press.
The University of Alabama student’s body was found near where he was last seen outside a nightclub with his friends early Tuesday. Gracey, 20, was visiting friends in Barcelona for spring break.
Catalan police say their investigation continues into the cause of death.
The 20-year-old student was last seen by a friend around 3 a.m. local time on Tuesday outside Barcelona’s Shoko restaurant and nightclub, his mother said in a Facebook post on Tuesday before his body was found.
She did not explain how the police came into possession of her son’s cellphone.
Gracey was reported missing after he failed to return to his Airbnb on Wednesday morning.
He was a member of the Theta Chi fraternity, and the international organization said that, in addition to serving as chaplain for the school’s chapter, he was a philanthropy chairperson.
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