Texas A&M cheerleader Brianna Aguilera gleefully poses with boyfriend weeks before witnesses heard pair argue ahead of her fatal plunge
Texas A&M cheerleader Brianna Aguilera appeared to be glowing with happiness while posing next to her boyfriend just weeks before she was heard arguing with him over the phone and plunged 17 stories from an apartment building.
Aguilera smiled ear-to-ear as she held a wand and wore a sparkling crown alongside her college beau Aldo Sanchez, 20, who wore an eye-catching green-and-gold jacket as the pair were outfitted as Glinda and Prince Fiyero, respectively, from the “Wicked” films for Halloween, according to the Daily Mail.
In similar photos taken throughout the year, the couple appeared deeply infatuated and head-over-heels for each other.
Aguilera grinned ear-to-ear as she held a wand and wore a sparkling crown alongside her college boyfriend, Aldo Sanchez, 20, as the pair were dressed as Glinda and Prince Fiyero, respectively, from the “Wicked” films in October.@brie.aguilera/Instagram
In photos posted on Feb. 15 and March 2, the couple appeared radiant as they embraced.
In an April 12 photo, the pair are clad in New York Yankee gear, posing at a Bronx Bombers game with their drinks.
On August 1, Aguilera posted a photo holding a lavish bouquet of red and pink roses with a heart-adorned card on a dessert plate that read: “Will you be my girlfriend?”
Their final photo together on Halloween was snapped almost a month before Aguilera arrived at her Austin apartment complex just after 11 p.m. on Nov. 28, following a Texas A&M vs. UT tailgate, and plunged 17 stories to her death, police said.
Austin Police Detective Robert Marshall said at a news conference Thursday that Aguilera had become “intoxicated to a point where she was asked to leave” the tailgate.
The cheerleader told friends she had lost her phone and borrowed someone else’s cell to call her boyfriend from 12:43 to 12:44 a.m. when she arrived back at the complex, Marshall said.
The pair appeared as a loving and happy couple in photos posted on social media.@brie.aguilera/Instagram
The pair are clad in New York Yankee gear, posing at a Bronx Bombers game with their drinks.@brie.aguilera/Instagram
Aguilera holds a bouquet of red and pink roses with a heart-adorned card on a dessert plate that read: “Will you be my girlfriend?”@brie.aguilera/Instagram
Witnesses heard Aguilera arguing with Sanchez on the phone at 12:44 a.m. Saturday morning, just two minutes before a 911 call was made.
Police were called to the apartment complex less than two hours later, where they found Aguilera’s body.
Police said a deleted suicide note was on her phone, as well as suicidal texts sent on Friday night to friends. The 19-year-old had also previously made comments to friends indicating she may be suicidal.
Aguilera’s mom, Stephanie Rodriguez, has dismissed the cops’ version of events and insisted that her daughter wasn’t suicidal.
Aguilera arrived at her Austin apartment complex just after 11 p.m. on Nov. 28, following a Texas A&M vs. UT tailgate, and plunged 17 stories to her death, police said.Facebook / Stephanie Rodriguez
“Please don’t believe this lazy investigator and investigation!” she wrote in a Facebook post sharing a video of Thursday’s press conference.
The heartbroken mother previously shared that her daughter’s phone was on Do Not Disturb the night of her death, and that the teen knew to keep her alerts on when she went out.
The phone was later discovered by a creek, where it had been left since 6:30 p.m. Friday.
Police said Aguilera wrote and deleted a suicide note on her phone days before her death, police said, as they ruled that she took her own life when she plunged 17 stories from an Austin apartment building.Google st View
Police have said they won’t investigate the death as a homicide.
Rodriguez has hired hot-shot Texas attorney Tony Buzbee, who represented over 150 alleged victims of Sean “Diddy” Combsto, to investigate her daughter’s death.
“They feel certain this was not an accident. This was certainly not a suicide. The family deserves straight answers. We hope we can help them get those answers,” he wrote on his social media accounts. Buzbee said his office will hold a press conference in Houston on Friday to discuss the case in depth.
Mother of Texas A&M student who died in Austin raises questions about her daughter’s death
Brianna Aguilera, 19, died after the football game between Texas A&M and the University of Texas. The Austin Police Department says her death is not being investigated as a homicide.
The mother of a 19-year-old Texas A&M University student who died in Austin early Saturday morning has raised concerns regarding the circumstances surrounding her daughter’s death.
Brianna Aguilera, a Texas A&M sophomore from Laredo, died early Saturday morning in Austin, according to a GoFundMe account created by the student’s family.
The Austin Police Department (APD) said during a Thursday news conference that evidence collected during its ongoing investigation indicates Aguilera died by suicide.
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APD officers responded to a report of an unresponsive person at 2101 Rio Grande St. Police identified that person as an adult female who was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:57 a.m. APD did not disclose the woman’s identity to the press until Tuesday afternoon and said the incident was not being investigated as a homicide. The investigation remained active as of Tuesday, according to APD, and the department said it “extends our heartfelt condolences to Brianna Aguilera’s Family, friends, and all who are grieving her loss.”
Aguilera’s mother, Stephanie Rodriguez, indicated in a social media post on Monday that her daughter may have fallen from an apartment building.
“My daughter would not jump 17 stories from a building, and to be labeling this as a suicide is insane,” Rodriguez wrote on social media. “My daughter loved life and was excited to graduate and pursue her career in law. Austin PD and Detective Marshall is not doing his job!”
Rodriguez told Laredo TV station KGNS that police told her family they suspected the death to be suicide or accidental.
APD said in a Tuesday statement to Houston Public Media that Aguilera’s cause of death will be determined by the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office. Authorities confirmed Thursday that Aguilera fell from the building and said the investigation was ongoing.
According to the GoFundMe created by Aguilera’s family — which had raised $32,675 as of Tuesday — Aguilera was attending a tailgate party for the University of Texas vs. Texas A&M football game in Austin on Friday night.
“The details surrounding what happened next remain unclear, and her mother is still awaiting answers,” the family wrote on the GoFundMe page. “Our hearts are shattered. In an effort to ease the financial burden on Brianna’s mother and loved ones during this unimaginable time, we are asking family, friends, and all who knew or knew of Bri to consider offering a donation.”
According to the Laredo TV station, which spoke with Rodriguez, Aguilera’s mother was informed about her daughter’s death at 4 p.m. Saturday. Before being notified by police, Rodriguez, who lives in Laredo, said she reached out to APD because she had not been able to get in contact with her daughter.
A spokesperson for the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office said it typically takes between 30 and 90 days for autopsy reports to be released, adding that preliminary reports are not released.
