The mother of a Texas A&M University student is in a frantic search for answers after her daughter, Brianna Aguilera, was discovered dead near campus following a tailgate event.
Aguilera, a 19‑year‑old sophomore who had been attending a Texas vs. Texas U football watch party, was found outside an apartment complex around 1 a.m. on Saturday, according to KSAT. She had been sharing a place with 15 other students, and police investigators have suggested that she likely died by suicide.
Stephanie Rodriguez, Aguilera’s mother, has received mixed information from the Austin Police Department. Detectives first told her that her daughter had fallen from the 17th floor of the building.
“There are a lot of inconsistencies with the story,” Rodriguez said. “The officer told me they said she jumped, and then he told me that the friends said they didn’t know her whereabouts.”
Rodriguez claims her daughter was not suicidal and was excited about future plans to become a lawyer. She contacted police after not hearing from Aguilera after Friday’s game, noting that her daughter’s phone had pinged in Austin.
Officers advised her to wait 24 hours before filing a missing‑persons report. Officers later recovered Aguilera’s cell phone that Saturday but didn’t inform Rodriguez until 4 p.m. that day that her daughter had been pronounced dead at the morgue.
The mother believes that something more sinister may have played a role in the fatal fall and suspects that one of the building’s occupants knows more. She told reporters, “There was a fight that happened between my daughter and another girl, and they were all staying in the same apartment that I have actual text messages of, and the detective just disregarded them.”
Austin police say the case is not being treated as a homicide because the investigation has found no suspicious details. The Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office will determine the cause of death.
Aguilera was originally from Laredo, where she attended United High School and was a “seasoned cheerleader.” She earned Magna Cum Laude honors and was preparing to study at The Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M.
A GoFundMe page set up for her family has raised over $28,000—more than double the $12,000 goal—providing some financial relief for her loved ones. In a Monday post, Rodriguez thanked supporters, saying, “I’ve experienced every parent’s worst fear, but I’m comforted by the knowledge that my brie brie touched so many hearts.”
Texas A&M has not yet responded to the Post’s request for comment.
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