Jimmy Gracey’s gold chain and rhinestone cross were not found on the death probe
Carles Valles, spokesman for the Catalan regional police Mossos d’Esquadra, confirmed that the necklace had not been found.
Just one day after the body of a 20-year-old University of Alabama student was found in the waters near Port Olympic, an anchorage on the Mediterranean Sea a few hundred feet from where he and his friends were partying at the popular Choco nightclub, police concluded that Gracey’s death was accidental.
Jimmy Gracey in an undated photo wearing a Crimson Tide football jersey. The Alabama Junior University student was reported missing during a trip to Barcelona on March 17. (Gracey family)
During a two-day search from March 17 to 19, police found the place Gracey phone In possession of a person wanted for a separate crime. His wallet containing money, credit cards and identification was found floating in the water.
results Autopsy and toxicology report They have not been released.
Jason Buck, a former FBI analyst, said the story of the evidence collected in the case should be filtered through the lens of Gracie’s grieving family.
“Spanish authorities have ruled his death accidental. Surveillance footage reportedly shows him walking alone toward the water. An autopsy indicates drowning. It is believed the man who was arrested with Jimmy’s phone simply found him in the street,” Buck told Fox News Digital. “Spanish investigators cleared him of involvement and charged him with illegal possession of stolen property. This explanation seems plausible in the right context – as if it were post-mortem trauma.”
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Mourners attend a vigil for Jimmy Gracey held at Theta Chi Fraternity at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. Gracey died during spring break in Barcelona, Spain. (Dana Mixer for Fox News Digital)
“What remains are some details that have not been fully explained publicly,” he said. “Some reports have raised questions about some of the forensic language in the initial autopsy results. His wallet came back intact: cash, cards, ID, it’s all there…which Spanish police say supports the conclusion that he was not targeted.”
He continued: “His gold chain, which he was wearing in the last known photo of him alive, has not been recovered. This may not mean anything. The breakwaters are unforgiving and the currents are strong.” “But families cannot grieve visibly when questions still remain. We hope that the Spanish authorities have already sat down with the Grassi family in private and informed them of all the details.”
A general view of Choco nightclub near the Port Olympique marina in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (James Braeden for Fox News Digital)
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“It’s clear that a family that raised a young man like Jimmy knows something about faith and grace,” he said. “I pray they find both in the coming days.”
Gracey was buried in his hometown of Elmhurst, Illinois, on Tuesday.
Fox News Digital’s Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.
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