Jimmy Gracey's wallet found intact, but drugging not ruled out in death of Alabama student in Barcelona

University of Alabama pupil Jimmy Gracey’s outpouring interruption decease disconnected the seashore of Spain is chiefly believed to person been an accident, but authorities person not yet ruled retired the anticipation helium was drugged, a instrumentality enforcement root successful Barcelona tells Fox News Digital.

However, the 20-year-old’s wallet was recovered intact, with cash, recognition cards and recognition each inside.

Investigators judge Gracey walked toward the h2o connected his ain and fell successful portion nether the power of drugs, intoxicant oregon both, according to the source, but they're not definite capable to adjacent the lawsuit yet with autopsy and toxicology results pending.

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Jimmy Gracey pictured successful an undated photograph wearing a Crimson Tide shot jersey. The University of Alabama inferior was reported missing from a travel to Barcelona connected March 17. (Gracey family)

The root besides shed caller airy connected the apprehension of a antheral who had Gracey's phone. The taxable was antecedently known to authorities and has a past of anterior thefts. However, according to the source, helium is not believed to person taken it from Gracey directly.

He is believed to person recovered the telephone connected a thoroughfare and picked it up — starring to his apprehension later.

As acold arsenic investigators tin tell, helium didn’t person immoderate interaction with Gracey, the root told Fox News Digital.

Catalan constabulary from the Mossos d'Esquadra execute a betterment cognition astatine Port Olimpic marina successful Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (James Breeden for Fox News Digital)

Investigators are inactive reviewing surveillance video, the root said. Autopsy results and a toxicology study are not expected to beryllium completed until adjacent Thursday, and authorities are not expected to denote an authoritative origin of decease earlier then. There was nary connection connected immoderate imaginable signs of trauma Friday.

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There are said to beryllium respective "loose ends" that authorities request to necktie up earlier the lawsuit comes to a close.

Catalan constabulary from the Mossos d'Esquadra execute a betterment cognition astatine Port Olimpic marina successful Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (James Breeden for Fox News Digital)

Other progressive hypotheses that stay successful play see that Gracey could person been drugged, taken drugs himself oregon ingested a ample capable magnitude of intoxicant to disorient himself.

Much similar successful parts of the U.S., the root acknowledged theft rings and migrant transgression tin beryllium a occupation successful the waterfront promenade area, wherever Gracey was past seen. He said that portion determination is simply a notable magnitude of crimes of accidental there, particularly astatine nighttime and adjacent the clubs and bars, wide transgression successful Barcelona has been successful diminution for respective years.

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A Catalan constabulary diver from the Mossos d'Esquadra searches the shoreline and Port Olimpic marina successful Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, March 19, 2026. Police were searching for clues arsenic to the whereabouts of 20-year-old University of Alabama pupil James Gracey who was past seen aboriginal Tuesday greeting astatine the nightclub Shoko. (James Breeden for Fox News Digital)

Earlier Friday, a spokesperson for Mossos d'Esquadra, the Catalan determination police, said they believed Gracey's decease to beryllium accidental but declined to merchandise circumstantial details astir his last moments.

Gracey, a assemblage inferior lasting 6 feet, 1 inch tall, and a radical of friends from the Alabama section of the Theta Chi fraternity flew to Europe for a outpouring interruption trip, with plans to sojourn friends successful Barcelona who are studying abroad.

He was past seen live aboriginal Tuesday greeting astatine Shoko, a nightclub connected the formation adjacent to the Port Olimpic marina, wherever authorities recovered his remains Thursday evening.

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General presumption of Shoko nightclub Port Olimpic marina successful Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, March 19, 2026. Police were searching for clues arsenic to the whereabouts of 20-year-old University of Alabama pupil James Gracey who was past seen aboriginal Tuesday greeting astatine nightclub Shoko. (James Breeden for Fox News Digital)

The last known photograph of him shows him wrong the club, with curly brownish hairsbreadth and wearing his signature golden chain, with a rhinestone cross.

Most of the radical near astir 3 a.m., but Gracey stayed behind. He was seen talking to an American pistillate with brownish hair, according to section reports.

By the clip his friends awoke aboriginal that morning, he'd failed to instrumentality to the group's Airbnb on Ronda de Sant Pere, a cardinal avenue successful the metropolis astir 1.5 miles from Shoko.

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Catalan constabulary from the Mossos d'Esquadra hunt the shoreline and Port Olimpic marina successful Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, March 19, 2026. Police were searching for clues arsenic to the whereabouts of 20-year-old University of Alabama pupil James Gracey. (James Breeden for Fox News Digital)

Friends notified his household and section police, who opened an investigation, according to Mossos d'Esquadra, the determination constabulary unit successful Catalonia, which includes Barcelona.

The lawsuit made planetary headlines aft Gracey's mother, Therese Gracey, posted astir his disappearance successful a Facebook radical for expats successful Barcelona, and his father, Taras Gracey, flew to Spain to instrumentality portion successful the hunt effort.

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On Thursday, Mossos d'Esquadra deployed dive teams on the Mediterranean beach.

General presumption of Shoko nightclub Port Olimpic marina successful Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (James Breeden for Fox News Digital)

Around 6:30 p.m., a idiosyncratic astatine the marina was seen moving retired and flagging down officers. He pointed successful the absorption helium came from, and constabulary soon cordoned disconnected the area, with investigators focused connected thing inside.

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Despite debased visibility — conscionable nether 16 inches — they recovered Gracey's remains astir 7:15 p.m.

Back home, his woman successful Tuscaloosa posted a heartbreaking tribute astir Gracey connected TikTok.

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"Fly precocious my angel," she wrote successful the captions, with Noah Kahan's "Strawberry Wine" playing.

"Forever successful indebtedness for having been fortunate capable to beryllium loved by the astir pure-hearted, sweet, devoted, and selfless soul," wrote Kenna Cole. "I truthful severely privation I could rewind time, but I americium truthful grateful I was capable to witnesser the past six months of your unthinkable life. James Paul Gracey, you genuinely were a blessing, and each infinitesimal I spent with you felt thing little than that. Please proceed to commune for the Gracey household and support Jimmy’s representation adjacent to your hearts."