Surveillance footage has now answered the question thousands of people have been asking since University of Alabama student Jimmy Gracey vanished in Barcelona last week: what happened to him in those final hours.
According to Spanish newspaper El País, security camera footage from the early morning hours of March 17 captured Gracey walking alone toward the dock area at Port Olímpic - and then falling into the water. No one was with him. No one pushed him. He went in by himself.
Catalan police from the Mossos d'Esquadra confirmed to the New York Post that everything points to an accidental death. It is the clearest official statement yet on how the 20-year-old accounting student from Elmhurst, Illinois lost his life during what was supposed to be a spring break trip with his Theta Chi fraternity brothers.
But the case is not officially closed.
Authorities have not yet ruled out the possibility that Gracey was drugged before he entered the water. A law enforcement source in Barcelona told Fox News Digital that investigators believe he walked toward the water on his own while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or both - but they are not certain enough to formally close the case until autopsy and toxicology results are returned. Those results are not expected until around Thursday, March 26.
One major question the new evidence does settle is whether robbery played any role. Gracey's wallet was recovered fully intact - cash, credit cards, and identification all still inside. The man arrested earlier in the week for possession of Gracey's phone is also no longer considered connected to his death. According to the law enforcement source, the individual - who has a prior history of theft - is believed to have found the phone on the street, not taken it from Gracey directly, and had no contact with him at all.
Investigators describe several loose ends still being reviewed, including additional surveillance footage from the area. The autopsy was performed Friday at the Institute of Legal Medicine in Catalonia.
Gracey's family, who had launched a four-day rosary prayer campaign for his safe return just days earlier, released a statement asking the public for privacy as they grieve. His church community, fraternity brothers, and the broader University of Alabama campus - where officials called his loss "deeply felt" - continue to mourn a young man remembered as a chaplain, a mentor, and the eldest of five siblings who made a point of showing up for others.
The Gracey family's request is simple: pray for them, and let them grieve together.
