College student James Gracey, from Chicago suburb, reported missing during trip to Spain
By Elyssa Kaufman
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CHICAGO (WBBM) — A University of Alabama student from the Chicago suburbs was reported missing while on a trip to Barcelona, Spain.
James “Jimmy” Gracey, 20, from Elmhurst, Illinois, was visiting friends studying abroad during his spring break. His family said he disappeared early Tuesday morning after visiting Shoko Barcelona, a club in the Villa Olimpica area on the Barceloneta Beach.
“They went to Shoko last night. The police have his phone but he didn’t make it back to the air bnb,” wrote Gracey’s mother, Therese Marren Gracey, in a Facebook post Tuesday. She did not elucidate on how police came into possession of her son’s phone.
James Gracey graduated from Chicago’s Saint Ignatius College Prep on the Near West Side.
He was last seen wearing a white shirt, dark pants, and a gold cross necklace. James Gracey is 6 feet, 1 inch tall and weighs 175 pounds.
Anyone with information is asked to contact 224-505-3886.
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