University of Alabama student James Gracey disappears in Barcelona after visiting friends studying abroad

A 20-year-old University of Alabama pupil from the Chicago country is missing from a outpouring interruption travel to sojourn friends studying overseas successful Barcelona, Spain, according to his family.

James "Jimmy" Gracey, of Elmhurst, Illinois, was past seen astir 3 a.m. aft visiting the waterfront Shoko edifice and nightclub connected March 17, his mother, Therese Gracey, wrote successful a Facebook post.

"He was with friends, but they got separated astatine the extremity of the night," she added. "They’re each retired looking for him."

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The past known photograph of Jimmy Gracey shows him wearing a achromatic T-shirt and golden concatenation adorned with a rhinestone cross. He was past seen astir 3 a.m. astatine the Shoko nightclub successful Barcelona. (Gracey family)

Police person recovered his telephone during the apprehension of different individual, said Noreen Heron, a household spokesperson.

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The younger Gracey ne'er made it to the Airbnb astatine Ronda de Sant Pere, a cardinal avenue successful the city, that he'd rented with friends, according to the family. He went to Spain to sojourn friends who are studying overseas during outpouring break.

Jimmy Gracey, a 20-year-old University of Alabama junior, has been reported missing during a outpouring interruption travel to Barcelona, Spain. He is primitively from Elmhurst, Illinois. (Gracey family)

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"He was wearing a achromatic T-shirt and acheronian pants (probably joggers)," his parent wrote. "He wears a golden concatenation with a rhinestone transverse connected it."

His father, Taras Gracey, has flown to Spain and is connected the crushed successful Barcelona wherever helium is successful interaction with Catalan police, Heron told Fox News Digital. And the household is successful interaction with State Department officials.

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Jimmy Gracey pictured earlier successful his travel to Barcelona, Spain, wherever helium vanished connected March 17, according to household members. (Gracey family)

Local authorities did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

Jimmy Gracey stands astatine 6 feet, 1 inch gangly and weighs astir 175 pounds, according to a missing idiosyncratic flyer.

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A subordinate of the Theta Chi fraternity successful Tuscaloosa, her lad was pictured astatine a Toys for Tots lawsuit successful December that collected much than 300 items for children.

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Shoko has a presumption of the Mediterranean and is ranked among the apical 10 nightclubs connected the planet, according to its website. General admittance tin outgo arsenic small arsenic 10 euros, with VIP tables costing hundreds oregon thousands.