Authorities have shared their findings on the manner of death for Brianna Aguilera, the Texas A&M student who was found dead outside of a high-rise apartment building in Austin on Nov. 29.

At a press conference on Dec. 4, Austin Police Department officials shared that all of the evidence in their investigation into the 19-year-old’s death is “indicative of suicide.”

Det. Robert Marshall shared, “From the moment this call originated up until now, between all of the witness statements, all of the video evidence, and all of the digital evidence, at no time did any evidence point to this being anything of a criminal nature.”

“Rather, our investigation has revealed that unfortunately, Brianna had made suicidal comments to friends previously back in October of this year,” the detective added. “This continued through the evening of her death, with some self-harming actions earlier in the evening, and a text message to another friend indicating the thought of suicide.”

Det. Robert Marshall said that police also uncovered a “deleted digital suicide note” on Aguilera’s phone that was “written to specific people in her life.” The note was dated Nov. 24, five days before her death.

Brianna Aguilera

Police outlined their timeline in the case, starting when they first responded to a call of a death outside of an Austin apartment building at 12:46 a.m., with trauma “consistent to having fallen from a higher floor.”

In the day leading up to her death, Det. Marshall said Brianna had gone to a tailgate party in the afternoon “and became intoxicated to a point that she was asked to leave.” She then dropped her phone in a nearly wooded area; the device and other belongings were later recovered by police.

Later that night, Aguilera had visited an apartment building for a gathering at a 17th floor unit, police said, citing surveillance footage. Police said that while a large group of friends left the apartment at 12:30 a.m., Brianna and three other women stayed behind.

With her phone lost, Brianna had borrowed her friend’s phone “to call an out-of-town boyfriend,” Det. Marshall added. “Witnesses heard Brianna arguing on the phone with her boyfriend, which was also later confirmed by the boyfriend.”

According to police, the call lasted for one minute and ended at 12:44 a.m.—two minutes before the 911 call about the dead body was made. Aguilera’s mother, Stephanie Rodriguez, had questioned police’s investigation, telling People how she reacted when detectives told her they believed her daughter died by suicide.

She told the outlet in an interview published Dec. 2, “It made me very upset because I was like, my daughter wasn’t suicidal. I would know. She’s not suicidal. Why would she be? She was living her best life. She loved life. I mean, she loved going to school. She wanted to become a lawyer.”

Rodriguez added that she instead believed Aguilera had been pushed over the balcony of the apartment building. Police, meanwhile, have said that they found no evidence of a physical altercation or “anything of a criminal nature.”

At the press conference, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis addressed speculation surrounding Aguilera’s death and why the department opted to speak publicly about the incident.

“It is not common for a police department to speak publicly about a death by suicide, but inaccurate information has circulated and been reported, and that has led to additional harm of innocent people, bullying included, and their families,” she said. “There have also been statements suggesting the police have failed to do our jobs. Those statements are not accurate.”

Chief Davis added, “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.”

Brianna Aguilera

Following the press conference, Stephanie Rodriguez shared a video of the conference on Facebook and wrote, “Please don’t believe this lazy investigator and investigation! Tony Buzbee will get us the justice we need,” naming her attorney.

Also following the police press conference, Tony Buzbee announced his law firm would be holding a press conference of their own on Dec. 5 in Houston to “release pertinent details and open questions regarding the investigation” into Aguilera’s death.

Aguilera’s parents will also attend the event and may make statements, Buzbee said.

The attorney shared in a statement of his own, “Brianna Aguilera had her whole life in front of her. The circumstances surrounding her death are very suspicious. The Austin Police Department’s handling of this matter creates more questions than it provides answers. As far as we are concerned, this is an open investigation and will continue to be open until these parents are satisfied they know what happened to their daughter.”

Authorities have revealed a critical piece of evidence in the death of Texas A&M student Brianna Aguilera, after she fell 17 stories from a high-rise apartment after a tailgate.

Investigators say they have evidence that the college student, 19, wrote a suicide note and had talked about ending her life with friends, including hours before she died, police revealed Thursday.

Aguilera had traveled from College Station, Texas, to the capital city for the November 28 football face-off between the Lone Star state football foes.

In the days since her death, Aguilera’s mother has unleashed a wave of criticism at the Austin Police Department, accusing the cops of not investigating ‘suspicious’ circumstances around her daughter’s death.

Stephanie Rodriguez insists her daughter would never kill herself and someone must have pushed her over the rails.

‘A further review of Brianna’s phone shows a deleted digital suicide note dated Tuesday, November 25 of this year, which was written to specific people in her life,’ Austin Police Detective Robert Marshall stated at a press conference Thursday morning.

‘From the moment this call originated up until now, between all the witness statements, all of the video evidence, and all of the digital evidence collected, at no time did any evidence point to this being anything of a criminal nature.

‘Rather, our investigation has revealed that unfortunately, Brianna had made suicidal comments previously to friends back in October of this year. This continued through the evening of her death, with some self-harming actions earlier in the evening and a text message to another friend indicating the thought of suicide.’

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Brianna Aguilera, 19, was found dead at 2101 Rio Grande Street around 1am Saturday, hours after a tailgating bash

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Aguilera’s family refused to accept the Austin Police Department’s finding that their daughter’s death is a suicide. In a statement, her parents said ‘As far as we concerned, this is an open investigation’

Investigators shared a timeline of Friday evening into early Saturday morning, which were the hours leading up to Aguilera’s death.

Marshall stated Aguilera was so drunk the night of her death that she had been asked to leave a tailgate at the Austin Rugby Club around 10pm.

‘The only evidence that we have of any kind of physical altercation was Brianna punching one of her friends as they tried to help her out of the party,’ the investigator confirmed.

‘Witnesses stated that after Brianna was asked to leave the tailgate, she had repeatedly dropped her phone and staggered into a nearby wooded area where her phone and other items were later located by Austin police.’

Surveillance cameras from the 21 Rio Apartments in Austin captured the co-ed arriving at the high-rise with a large group of friends around 11pm.

At 12.14am, Aguilera’s friends made a 911 call, stating that she was missing.

Marshall later explained that since so many of their friends were in town for the game, the people in the apartment assumed Aguilera had gone out with other friends without letting them know.

Most of the people in the apartment left around 12.30am, police shared, however Aguilera and three other women were still there.

Despite losing her phone at the tailgate, Aguilera called her boyfriend – who was not in Austin- around 12.43am, after borrowing a phone from a friend, police added.

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Aguilera was an aspiring lawyer who was studying as an undergrad student at Texas A&M in College Station, Texas

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Police do not consider Aguilera’s death suspicious and it is not being probed as a homicide

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Rodriguez told KSAT she was informed by police that Aguilera plummeted to her death from the 17th floor of an apartment building just west of the University of Texas at Austin

‘Witnesses heard Brianna arguing on the phone with her boyfriend, which was also confirmed later by the boyfriend,’ Marshall said.

The argument happened two minutes before Aguilera’s body was reported having fallen out of 17-story balcony at 12.46am.

Her fall was reported by a resident who heard a ‘thud’ and then saw a woman on the ground, police said.

Police say none of her friends actually saw her plummet to her death.

All of the people in the apartment have been interviewed multiple times and have been cooperative, police said.

‘It is not common for a police department to speak publicly about a death by suicide,’ Police Chief Lisa Davis told reporters.

‘Inaccurate information has circulated and been reported, and that has led to additional harm of innocent people – bullying included – and their families. There have also been statements suggesting that police have failed to do our jobs. Those statements are not accurate.’

Police says they first shared news of Aguilera’s death with her parents on Saturday afternoon.

‘We spoke through Sunday and Monday through the meeting here,’ Marshall said.

‘Since then, I’ve attempted four times to contact her. I wanted to share this information privately. She did not reply to any of my attempts to talk to her until yesterday afternoon when she asked me to contact her lawyer. However, her father, I have been in contact with. He knows all of this information as of yesterday.’

However, her parents are refusing to accept the police’s findings, issuing a defiant response.

‘As far as we concerned, this is an open investigation and will continue to be open until these parents are satisfied that they know what happened to their daughter,’ the family said through their attorney after the police press conference.

The Aguilera family has hired high-profile lawyer Tony Buzbee to help in her death investigation, according to TV station Fox 26.

Buzbee is having his own press conference Friday afternoon in Houston.