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Sounds like they have crime rings around who prey on tourists and the popularity of this place imo
Found Deceased Spain - James “Jimmy” Gracey - UA Student from Chicago - Barcelona - 17 March 2026
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The bar did not close until 6 a.m. according to their hours listed on the link I posted earlier for the business. That's 3 hours after he was last seen, so this may just be rumor at this point. I hope so.
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Yup, it's so damn important. Go out together, stay together. I've always been one of those wanderers though, so I can see how something like this would happen regardless.
FWIW, my kids said that they felt like the club goers (it was even the same night of the week, just one week earlier) were primarily foreigners (not locals). However, my general assumption is that it was a local who stole my kiddo's wallet. We also talked to another American (Indiana) who was blatantly pickpocketed on the street.
We were only there for a few days before moving on to another country, but there were soooo many kids abroad. I thought they had indicated Shoko closed at 3, so definitely curious to hear that it is open until 6.
ETA - I'm distraught, sorry for the stream of consciousness.
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It makes me wonder what police saw on the cctv footage to think foul play???
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This is sad 
I doubt he would've gone this long without reaching out if he was okay. Maybe he got robbed, could've hit his head, they pushed him into the water or something? Or something else sinister? I hope they figure out what happened soon. 
I doubt he would've gone this long without reaching out if he was okay. Maybe he got robbed, could've hit his head, they pushed him into the water or something? Or something else sinister? I hope they figure out what happened soon. 
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I can only imagine how you are feeling!! We try so hard to instill the importance of being aware, staying together, not drinking too much but the kids don't think it will happen to them.
I have a bad feeling about this. Reminding me of Natalie Holloway, another young Alabama traveler that went missing from a nightclub, although Natalie was younger.
For a stranger to have his phone is not good.
if those two things happened like that, then i somewhat doubt whoever had the phone was directly connected to his disappearance. if there was some foul play, a perp would be next-level stupid to hang on to the victim's phone and not even turn it off.
I'm sure there are, I have seen many videos on Youtube showing people who look for the pickpocketers in touristy areas and then alert the victim before the thief has a chance to grab what they want. Sometimes the person filming follows the thief to try to get a better picture of their face but they always cover up and run way. Usually before the victim even realizes what just happened.
Not saying it was the case in *this* case, but they tend to split up if they are planning to leave and go home with someone else. If he did indeed meet a girl and head out with her, his friends wouldn't have thought much of it, I don't think. As we saw in the Riley Strain case, these college kids separate for a variety of reasons and don't think much of it, unfortunately. I don't know what works to get them to understand they need to implement the buddy system. As a parent of two teen boys, these stories paralyze me. Praying for a good outcome but not optimistic that we'll get one. Hope I'm wrong. JMO
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In this article it's mentioned that the Catalan police neither deny nor confirm that they have the phone.
Translated into English with Google Translate:
Los Mossos buscan en Barcelona a Jimmy Gracey, un estudiante estadounidense desaparecido tras una noche en la Vila Olímpica
La policía catalana detalla que el joven, de 20 años, fue visto por última vez la madrugada del pasado martes
www-elperiodico-com.translate.goog
As for looking for information from Barcelona, perhaps search for Catalan newspapers, rather than Spanish ones, as the city is in Catalonia, and Catalan is the local language.
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Foul play eyed in disappearance of Alabama student James Gracey from Spanish club after suspicious video emerges: report
James Paul Gracey, 20, was seen on security footage leaving a hip Barcelona nightclub with an unidentified person around 3 a.m. Tuesday.
nypost.com
Jimmy's uncle is a senior producer at CNN, working in Washington, D.C.
I also heard that Jimmy's father is now on the ground in Spain. Praying for him and his entire family as they try to find their son, brother, nephew. Hope the State Department is helping them as much as they can.
Here’s the latest update from the locals here in Illinois:
The story of the timeline is that somehow the police got the phone, and the father, who is a lawyer, received a call because he was the emergency contact in Jimmy’s phone. This was the first the father had heard of any problems, so he called the boys that were staying with Jimmy at an Airbnb. The boys said that Jimmy was not there, but they were not worried as they weren’t expecting him – since he had left the club with a girl, they were expecting him later that night or the next day. It was at that time that everyone became concerned about what had happened. The father is in Barcelona, and the mother was en route – she is probably already there. The kids who are there in Barcelona are texting home that there are search boats in the water. If this is accurate or not, we can’t be sure. All JMO of course.
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Thank you, yes am aware of that and did check. Two of my sons live in Barcelona. I also used to. Have asked if they have heard anything local. Will look tomorrow to see if there is anything new.In this article it's mentioned that the Catalan police neither deny nor confirm that they have the phone.
Translated into English with Google Translate:
Los Mossos buscan en Barcelona a Jimmy Gracey, un estudiante estadounidense desaparecido tras una noche en la Vila Olímpica
La policía catalana detalla que el joven, de 20 años, fue visto por última vez la madrugada del pasado martes
As for looking for information from Barcelona, perhaps search for Catalan newspapers, rather than Spanish ones, as the city is in Catalonia, and Catalan is the local language.
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