Desperate Family Asks For Help After Alabama College Student Goes Missing Following Visit To Barcelona Nightclub

An American assemblage student visiting friends successful Spain complete spring break has gone missing aft a nighttime retired successful Barcelona, and his family is desperately pleading for answers.

James “Jimmy” Gracey, 20, a inferior astatine nan University of Alabama, was past seen astir 3 a.m. connected March 17 extracurricular Shôko Barcelona, a celebrated beachfront nightclub connected Barceloneta Beach, his family said successful a statement connected Facebook.

“My boy is simply a University of Alabama student who is visiting friends successful Barcelona who are studying abroad,” his mother, Therese Marren Gracey, wrote successful nan post. “They went to Shoko past night. The constabulary person his telephone but he didn’t make it backmost to nan Airbnb. Has anyone seen him?”

Police recovered his telephone during nan apprehension of different person, family spokesperson Noreen Heron told Fox News Digital.

Gracey, who is from nan Chicago suburb of Elmhurst, had traveled to Barcelona for outpouring break to sojourn friends studying overseas and nan group went to Shôko connected Monday night. He was past seen astir 3 a.m. section clip connected Tuesday.

Mossos d’Esquadra, of nan Catalan constabulary force, confirmed to CNN that an investigation is underway.

“We are conducting nan first checks and person taken a study successful an unfastened investigation,” constabulary said successful a statement. “A telephone was received early yesterday morning, astir 1 AM, reporting a imaginable disappearance. The disappearance was reported to person occurred connected March 17, 2026, astatine 3 AM, successful nan Port Olímpic area.”

According to his mother, Gracey was past seen wearing a achromatic T-shirt, acheronian pants – “probably joggers” – and a golden concatenation pinch a rhinestone cross.

“He wears a golden concatenation pinch a rhinestone cross. He was past seen by his friend astatine Shoko astir 3 a.m. [local time]. The friend was leaving but Jimmy stayed,” she wrote.

He is astir 6-foot 1-inch gangly and weighs 175 pounds, his family said.

A University of Alabama spokesperson said successful a statement, “James Paul Gracey is simply a UA student connected a individual trip. UA unit are successful touch pinch nan family and those associated pinch them to connection support and assistance successful immoderate measurement possible.”

Anyone pinch accusation astir Gracey’s whereabouts is urged to interaction (224) 505-3886.