{"id":73709,"date":"2025-12-03T01:33:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T01:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/73709\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T01:33:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T01:33:12","slug":"questions-surround-texas-am-students-death-after-austin-tailgate-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/73709\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions surround Texas A&#038;M student&#8217;s death after Austin tailgate event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3BAC3BAB9EA7D438945BB1A48C053D5B.jpg\" alt=\"Austin police investigate death of A&amp;M student\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">DALLAS &#8211; A Texas A&amp;M student died over the weekend after attending a tailgating party at the University of Texas in Austin. Now, her family wants more answers about her death.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   Texas A&amp;M Student Death Investigation <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v-top-stories-2-a_m-college-student-death_00.00.00.44.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-3646484b=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">Brianna Aguilera, a Texas A&amp;M sophomore from Laredo, died around 1 a.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">Austin police said they got a call about a young woman\u2019s body on the sidewalk near an apartment building on Rio Grande Street.<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">However, there were no signs of any suspicious circumstances, so the case is not being investigated as a homicide.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-3646484b=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">In an interview with KSAT, Stephanie Rodriguez said the stories about her daughter\u2019s death aren\u2019t adding up.<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">She\u2019s heard conflicting reports about what was going on that night. She admits there was underage drinking but also heard there may have been some type of physical altercation.<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">&#8220;There is a lot of inconsistencies with the story. He told me they said she jumped. Then they told me her friends didn\u2019t know where she was,&#8221; Rodriguez said. &#8220;I\u2019m traumatized at how they are treating this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">She wants to know what happened and believes her daughter deserves justice.<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">&#8220;It\u2019s just so unbelievable and unimaginable what happened that night, and I don\u2019t have answers,&#8221; Rodriguez said. &#8220;My daughter would not jump 17 stories from a building. My daughter was afraid of heights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-3646484b=\"\">The other side:<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">Austin police have not confirmed any of the details regarding Aguilera\u2019s death, again stating that investigators have found no evidence to suggest or support that anything criminal occurred.<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">&#8220;We recognize the deep pain that accompanies the unexpected passing of a loved one, and our thoughts remain with those who are navigating this difficult time. Our detectives remain committed to investigating the full details surrounding the death of Ms. Aguilera,&#8221; the department said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this story comes from the Austin Police Department and a KSAT interview with Stephanie Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-3646484b=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-3646484b=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DALLAS &#8211; A Texas A&amp;M student died over the weekend after attending a tailgating party at the University&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,1046,223,216,393],"class_list":{"0":"post-73709","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news","11":"tag-crime-publicsafety","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-tx","14":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}