Authorities in Austin have revealed new information about the case of Brianna Aguilera, a Texas A&M University student who died on Nov. 29 in Austin, just hours after attending a tailgate for the A&M-Texas rivalry football game.
The Austin Police Department Chief, Lisa Davis, and the lead detective in this case, Robert Marshall held a news conference Thursday to address online and reported speculations surrounding Brianna’s death.
Davis said it is not common for a police department to speak publicly about a death by suicide, but inaccurate information has circulated and been reported.
“That has led to additional harm to innocent people, bullying, included and their families. There’s also been statements that police have failed to do their jobs. Those statements are not accurate. I understand how grief and the need for answers can raise intense emotions and many questions, but sometimes the truth doesn’t provide the answers we are hoping for — and that is this case,” she said.
She said careful investigations take time, detectives must interview witnesses, collect evidence, and piece together facts, releasing partial evidence too early could jeopardize the case.
Detective Marshall gave a timeline leading up to Brianna’s death and after:
Timeline of Events in the Death of Texas A&M Student Brianna Aguilera
Friday, Nov. 28, 2025
4–5 p.m.
– Detectives say Brianna Aguilera attended a tailgate at the Austin Rugby Club.
– Witnesses later reported she appeared intoxicated, dropped her phone repeatedly and staggered into a wooded area near Walnut Creek.
Just before 10 p.m.
– Witnesses said Aguilera was asked to leave the tailgate because of her intoxication.
– She told friends she had lost her phone.
– Friends and Aguilera returned to the 2101 Rio apartments, where she borrowed a friend’s phone to call her out-of-town boyfriend.
– Building security video captured her arriving at the complex shortly after 10 p.m. and entering a 17th-floor apartment.
Approximately 10 p.m.–12:30 a.m.
– A group of friends gathered in the same 17th-floor apartment for the Texas A&M–Texas rivalry weekend.
– Detective Marshall said video confirmed the larger group left the apartment around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, leaving Aguilera and three other girls inside.
– Witnesses said Aguilera argued on the borrowed phone with her boyfriend, a call later confirmed by phone records.
Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025
12:43–12:44 a.m.
– The phone Aguilera was using connected a call to her boyfriend — two minutes before police received a 911 report about a body on the pavement outside the building.
12:46 a.m.
– Austin police responded to a report of a deceased person found outside 2101 Rio apartments.
– Officers located Aguilera on the ground with trauma consistent with a fall from a higher floor.
– A witness told police they heard a thud and saw a woman on the ground but did not know her identity or what floor she came from.
12:56 a.m.
– Aguilera was pronounced dead at the scene.
After 1 a.m.
– Detective Robert Marshall and a crime scene specialist responded, interviewing witnesses.
– The medical examiner arrived and later identified the victim as Brianna Aguilera.
6 a.m.
– Detective Marshall contacted an employee at the apartment complex to begin verifying resident information.
10 a.m.
– Detectives accessed internal hallway cameras inside the building, confirming Aguilera entered the 17th-floor unit after 10 p.m. Friday.
12:14 p.m.
– Residents of the 17th-floor apartment called 911 to report Aguilera missing. They told police she had been staying with them for the rivalry weekend.
Approximately 12:54 p.m.
– Marshall made contact with the residents in person.
– He interviewed three female witnesses who were present, along with a fourth who had left earlier that morning.
12:50 p.m.
– Aguilera’s mother called Austin police to report her daughter missing. She called back later regarding her phone.
3:30 p.m.
– Officers searching the wooded area near the Austin Rugby Club located Aguilera’s missing phone and other personal items at Walnut Creek.
Just after 4 p.m.
– Officers at the scene notified homicide detectives that the belongings matched the name of a person who had been found deceased earlier that morning.
Just before 5 p.m.
– Police notified Aguilera’s mother of her daughter’s death.
– Her recovered phone was placed with her remaining property on the 17th floor for the family.
Monday, Dec. 1, 2025
– Aguilera’s parents met with victim services.
– A forensic review of the phone revealed a deleted digital suicide note dated Tuesday, Nov. 25, addressed to specific individuals in her life.
Detective Marshall said Brianna had made suicidal comments to friends back in October and again in the weeks leading up to her death.
Investigators said they found no evidence of criminal activity or foul play.
The Austin Police Department said misinformation circulating online has caused harm to witnesses and families, prompting them to clarify the findings publicly.
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Family questions official findings
Despite investigators’ conclusions, Aguilera’s mother, Stephanie Rodriguez, publicly rejected the notion that her daughter took her own life.
In a Facebook post, Rodriguez wrote, “This was not accidental. Someone killed my Brie… My daughter would not jump 17 stories from a building.”
Rodriguez also spoke with KPRC 2 News earlier this week.
Rodriguez’s concerns have fueled ongoing discussion among students and online communities.
Aguilera’s parents also announced Wednesday that they have hired prominent Houston attorney Tony Buzbee to investigate the situation and “determine what happened” to their daughter.
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