Texas A&M Student Dies After Austin Party; Mother Suspects Foul Play

A 19-year-old Texas A&M University student from Laredo died early Saturday morning after attending a tailgate party in Austin for the rival football game against the University of Texas, prompting her mother to question police findings that suggest no foul play.

Brianna Aguilera was found unresponsive outside the 21 Rio Apartments on Rio Grande Street, just west of the University of Texas campus, around 12:47 a.m. on November 29, 2025. Officers pronounced her dead at the scene eight minutes later. The Austin Police Department stated that the incident is not being investigated as a homicide and that there are no indications of suspicious circumstances. The cause of death remains under review by the Travis County Medical Examiner's Office, a process that officials say can take 90 days or longer.

Aguilera, a sophomore at Texas A&M's Bush School of Government and Public Service, had traveled to Austin with friends for the Friday night game, which the previously undefeated Aggies lost to the Longhorns. Her mother, Stephanie Rodriguez, said police informed her that Aguilera fell from a 17th-floor balcony in what they described as an accidental or suicidal death. Rodriguez rejected...