According to a Barcelona local news source, El Periódico, relaying information from the local police “The Mossos d’Esquadra,” the body of missing University of Alabama student James Gracey (Jimmy Gracey) was discovered Thursday, March 19, 2026 in waters off Barcelona.
James Gracey, a 20-year-old junior, from Elmhurst, Illinois, had been last seen by a friend at about 3:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2026 outside Shoko club, a nightclub in Barcelona.
The body of James Gracey was found on a rocky breakwater near Somorrostro beach. According to elPeriodoco, The Mossos d’Esquadra (Catalan police) found the body of James ‘Jimmy’ Gracey.
The initial information from The Mossos d’Esquadra was not specific.
Translated from Catalan…
“This afternoon we have located a lifeless body in the Somorrostro area of Barcelona and we are carrying out procedures to identify it.” (x.com/mossos)
Aquesta tarda hem localitzat un cos sense vida a la zona del Somorrostro de Barcelona i estem fent gestions per identificar-lo. pic.twitter.com/HXymN8V0da
— Mossos (@mossos) March 19, 2026
The headquarters for “The Mossos d’Esquadra” is in the Complex Central Egara, Sabadell (Barcelona), Catalonia, Spain.
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