The mother of 19-year-old Texas A&M student Brianna Aguilera, who was found dead early Saturday morning outside a west side apartment complex after attending a football game with her friends, is demanding answers about her daughter’s tragic death.
“On Friday, November 28, 2025, Brianna attended the UT vs. Texas A&M tailgate with friends in Austin,” a GoFundMe created by Aguilera’s cousin, Amabelii Fernandez, reads. “The details of what happened next remain unclear and her mother is still waiting for answers.”
Austin police believe Aguilera fell from the 17th floor, which they believe is suicide. She was located at 2101 Rio Grande Street, outside 21 Rio apartmentswhich has 21 floors.
However, Aguilera’s mother, Stephanie Rodriguez, said so KSAT Monday that her daughter was not suicidal, but full of ambition, and looking forward to becoming a lawyer.
Rodriguez also told the newspaper that she has received inconsistent answers from Austin police about the circumstances surrounding her daughter’s death.
“He told me they said she jumped, and then he told me the friends said they didn’t know where she was,” Rodriguez said of her interactions with police.
Rodriguez believes someone among the 15 people who were in the apartment at the time of her death knows more about what happened to her daughter.
“There was a fight between my daughter and another girl, and they were all staying at the same apartment that I have actual text messages from, and the detective just ignored them,” Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez told KSAT that she called the police when Aguilera stopped answering her phone after Friday’s game and saw that it was still pinging in Austin, but officers told her she had to wait 24 hours to file a missing person’s report.
Aguilera’s body was located at 1 a.m. Saturday and her phone was found later that same day. Yet it wasn’t until 4 p.m. that afternoon that Rodriguez was told her daughter was in the morgue.
In a statement to The independent, Austin PD said, “At this time, the incident is not being investigated as a homicide, and there are no indications of any suspicious circumstances.”
“The cause of death will be determined by the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office. The investigation continues,” police added.
The independent has contacted Texas A&M for comment.
Aguilera’s GoFundMe has surpassed its $12,000 goal with more than $31,000 in donations at time of publication.
Her cousin described her as a “seasoned cheerleader” who received Magna Cum Laude honors at United High School, Texas.
“She pursued her dream of becoming a lawyer and attended the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M,” Fernandez wrote. “Her dream was to always be an AGGIE! She was a year shy of getting her Aggie ring.”
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