Brianna Aguilera death ruled suicide by Travis County Medical Examiner as Texas A&M student’s family disputes finding, files $1M lawsuit alleging foul play after 17-floor fall

The death of 19-year-old Texas A&M student Brianna Aguilera has officially been ruled a suicide by the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office, which determined she died from blunt force trauma after falling from a 17th-floor balcony at the 21 Rio apartment complex in Austin in the early hours of Nov. 29, 2025.

Authorities said the ruling aligns with the findings previously announced by police, who stated that evidence gathered during their investigation indicated Aguilera intentionally jumped. Investigators noted she had been inside the apartment with three other young women and had used a friend’s phone minutes before her death to speak with her boyfriend. Call logs confirmed the brief call occurred roughly two minutes before a 911 report about her body being found below.

Police also stated that during the investigation they recovered a deleted digital suicide note dated four days before her death that had been written to specific individuals in her life.

Despite the official ruling, Aguilera’s mother, Stephanie Rodriguez, strongly disputes the conclusion and insists her daughter was not suicidal. Rodriguez has hired attorney Tony Buzbee and filed a $1 million civil lawsuit, saying she wants witnesses who were present that night to come forward and testify.

Rodriguez claims a neighbor reported hearing screaming shortly before the fall and believes there was an argument involving her daughter earlier that evening. She has also arranged for a private medical examiner to conduct an independent autopsy, saying she intends to compare that report with the official findings.

Aguilera, who was from Laredo, had traveled to Austin that weekend to attend a college football rivalry game. The full official autopsy report is expected to be released publicly as the case continues to draw attention and her family presses for further investigation.