Brianna Aguilera, 19, was found dead outside an apartment building in Austin on November 29, 2025, in a case that sparked rumors she may been murdered 

The Travis County Medical Examiner has officially ruled her death as a suicide

‘There was no indication based on law enforcement investigation that another individual was involved in the incident which resulted in the decedent’s death,’ the ME’s report says

Investigators said the 17 floor plunge to the street below was an ‘impulsive act triggered by an argument with her boyfriend after a day of heavy drinking’

Aguilera, a sophomore, had attended the annual rivalry football game between Texas A&M and the University of Texas at Austin 

The Rumor of murder is not supported by investigators revealing in December, that not only had they found a suicide note on her phone, there were suicidal texts sent to friends that day

They also said Aguilera was so drunk the night of her death that she had been asked to leave a tailgate at the Austin Rugby Club around 10 PM 

Brianna Aguilera, 19, a sophomore at Texas A&M had attended the annual rivalry football game between her school and the University of Texas at Austin. Hours after the game she was found dead outside an apt building in Austin on Nov. 28, 2025

A Texas A&M sophomore who died last year after plunging to her death from a 17th story balcony, during after a tailgate party hosted by a friend, took her own life, officials ruled. 
Brianna Aguilera, 19, was found dead outside an apartment building in Austin late last November, in a case that sparked rumors she may been murdered. 
The Travis County Medical Examiner sources reported has officially ruled her death as a suicide.
Aguilera’s autopsy report lists cause of death as blunt force trauma and manner of death as suicide. The determination was based on information provided by Austin police detectives and an independent investigation conducted by the medical examiner’s office, according to the report.
“There was no indication based on law enforcement investigation that another individual was involved in the incident which resulted in the decedent’s death,” Dr. Leticia Schuman, a deputy medical examiner, wrote in the report.
The examination found that Aguilera’s blood alcohol content was about twice the legal limit.
The psychoactive cannabinoid Delta 8 also was found in her urine.
With the full report release Friday, Austin police can close their investigation into her death.

The investigation concluded that Aguilera jumping 17 floors down was an impulsive act that was triggered by an argument with her boyfriend after a day of heavy drinking

Aguilera, a sophomore at , had attended the annual derby, the football game between Texas A&M and the University of Texas at Austin 
Austin PD later said that Aguilera took her own life, as investigators revealed in December that they had found a ‘suicide note’ on her phone, although its contents were not revealed.  
They concluded that the impulsive act was triggered by an argument with her boyfriend after a day of heavy drinking. Aguilera was so drunk the night of her death that she had been asked to leave a tailgate at the Austin Rugby Club around 10 PM, according to investigators. 
“Given the entirety of the circumstances including a history of prior statements threatening self-harm/suicide, the presence of a suicide-type note on the decedent’s phone, and the height of the balcony railing relative to the decedent’s height (measured at 44.5 inches and 62 inches, respectively), it is unlikely that the decedent accidentally fell over the railing,” the ME’s report states.

Brianna Aguilera died after plunging to her death from a 17th story balcony of the Rio apartment complex [photo], after a tailgate party took her own life, officials ruled

Aguilera’s mother, Stephanie Rodriguez, also believed her daughter’s death was caused by foul play. Stephanie and Brianna’s father, Manuel Aguilera, hired high-profile attorney Tony Buzbee to help in her death investigation. 
The family’s attorney disputed that initial finding. Austin police ignored critical evidence, Buzbee said. 
Those who had been with Aguilera in her final hours told police they did not see or hear her fall, and said they did not realize she was missing from the apartment until the following day.
During a press conference last month, Buzbee unveiled what he claims is a crucial witness who was overlooked by the police, Dannah Rodriguez a neighbor who says she heard disturbing sounds from the apartment where Aguilera was in the moments before the fatal fall. 
Aguilera was not a tenant at the apartment complex, that tailgate party was hosted by another girl simply identified as Natalie. Rodriguez, who said her apartment was opposite Natalie’s, claims she heard yelling and what appeared to be a heated argument involving multiple people late that night.
‘I began hearing a girl arguing with other people,’ she said.

Investigators said they found a suicide note, as well suicidal texts Brianna, [photo], sent that evening to friends, along with ‘indications of self-harm’. Buzbee countered that the alleged suicide note was a deleted essay and irrelevant

‘It sounded like it was multiple people in the apartment pacing back and forth, so it was hard to recall what was said in the argument.’
Rodriguez said the confrontation escalated to the point that her mother, who was visiting at the time, considered crossing the hallway to intervene. 
They both heard loud screaming but claimed the noise eventually died down, and they thought nothing more of it.
The neighbor said she had lived opposite the apartment for a year and could hear everything that went on next door, through the ‘paper-thin walls.’
Natalie, who was friends with Aguilera, hosted her that weekend and often threw parties after Texas football games.

Stephanie Rodriguez, [left], maintains that the death of her daughter Brianna, [right], was caused by foul play, the two are seen here together. Stephanie and Brianna’s dad Manuel Aguilera, hired high-profile attorney Tony Buzbee to help in her death investigation

Police said that everyone who was in the apartment on the night Aguilera died has cooperated and they have yielded no evidence suggesting foul play. 
Police said that along with the alleged suicide note that written three days earlier, investigators found suicidal texts, sent the evening of her death to friends. They also found ‘indications of self-harm’. 
Buzbee shot those down as ‘absolute and total baloney’, saying the alleged suicide note was a deleted essay and not relevant. 
Leading to being found dead outside the 21 Rio Apartments near the University of Texas at Austin, in the early hours of Saturday, November 29, surveillance footage captured Aguilera’s arrival at the 21 Rio apartment complex November 28.
Arriving at at 11pm she went up to a unit on the 17th floor. Shortly after midnight, around 12.30am, a large group of people are seen leaving the apartment, leaving Aguilera and three other young women inside Natalie’s apartment.
Phone records would show that Aguilera had a call with her out-of-town boyfriend, Aldo Sanchez, 20, that lasted almost two minutes. The pair got into an argument during brief call, from 12.43 to 12.44am, as later confirmed by Sanchez.
The nature of the dispute has not been disclosed, but two minutes later, at 12.46am, police responded to the report of a body on the sidewalk below. She was pronounced dead at the scene at 12.56am.
According to the police report, the body on the pavement suffered trauma ‘consistent with having fallen from a higher floor.’ Reported missing later that day, Aguilera eventually was identified by her fingerprints.