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Student's Death After Tailgate Sparks Family's Doubts
2 Dec
Summary
- A&M student died after attending a weekend Austin tailgate party.
- Mother disputes police account, claims daughter was not suicidal.
- Family believes fight preceded student's death; police await ME.
A tragedy unfolded in Austin over the weekend after a Texas A&M student, identified as Brianna Aguilera, died hours following a tailgate party. Her mother, Stephanie Rodriguez, has voiced significant doubts regarding the official account of her daughter's death, which occurred early Saturday morning. Aguilera was discovered unresponsive by Austin Police near an apartment building west of the University of Texas campus.
While authorities have not released a cause of death and are not treating the incident as a homicide, Rodriguez claims police informed her that her daughter jumped from a 17th-floor apartment. She vehemently denies this, asserting Aguilera was not suicidal and had aspirations of becoming a lawyer. Rodriguez also alleges that a dispute between Aguilera and another girl at the party, supported by text messages, was dismissed by investigators.
Austin Police have reiterated that the investigation is ongoing and not being treated as a homicide, with the Travis County Medical Examiner's Office set to determine the official cause of death. Aguilera, a Laredo native and aspiring lawyer, was a student at Texas A&M. A GoFundMe has been established to support her grieving family, having already raised over $23,000.
