Special Reports

'He Was Always Asking How Your Day Was Going': Remembering James 'Jimmy' Gracey, University of Alabama Student Found Dead in Barcelona

James "Jimmy" Gracey, a 20-year-old University of Alabama honors accounting student, Theta Chi chaplain, and Elmhurst, Illinois native, was found dead in the waters off Barcelona's Somorrostro beach on March 19, 2026 — one month from completing his junior year — after going missing in the early hours of Tuesday following a night out at the Shoko nightclub in Port Olímpic, with Spanish police saying all signs point to an accidental death.