Missing US student’s body found in Barcelona
BARCELONA (AP) — Spanish authorities have found the body of missing college student from Illinois.
The body of 20-year-old James “Jimmy” Gracey was found Thursday evening in the water off a Barcelona beach, near where he was last seen outside a nightclub with his friends early Tuesday morning.
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.
Catalan police say that their investigation continues into the cause of death.
