US College Student’s Death in Barcelona Was Likely an Accident, Spanish Police Say

US College Student’s Death in Barcelona Was Likely an Accident, Spanish Police Say
This undated photo shows James "Jimmy" Gracey. Gracey Family via AP
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BARCELONA, Spain—James “Jimmy” Gracey, a college student from Illinois who was found dead after going missing while in Barcelona on a break, was likely the victim of an accident, Spanish regional police said Friday.

Gracey’s body was found Thursday afternoon in the waters off a beach, near where he was last seen outside a Barcelona nightclub with his friends in the early hours of Tuesday.