A Texas A&M student died just hours after attending a tailgate party in Austin – and now the 19-year-old’s mother is challenging the account she says police gave her.

Brianna Aguilera, a Laredo native and aspiring lawyer, has been identified by her mother, Stephanie Rodriguez, as the young woman found dead outside an Austin apartment building in the early hours of Saturday.

Austin Police have yet to formally name the victim or reveal a cause of death, but confirmed they responded to reports of an unresponsive woman at an address just west of the University of Texas campus.

Officers pronounced her dead at the scene at 12:57am.

Austin Police said they do not consider the death to be suspicious and isn’t investigating it as a homicide. Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office will ultimately determine the cause of death – a process that can take months.

But according to Rodriguez, officers told her Aguilera jumped to her death from the 17th floor of an apartment building.

‘There are a lot of inconsistencies with the story,’ Rodriguez told KSAT.com. ‘He told me they said she jumped, and then he told me that the friends said they didn’t know her whereabouts.’

Rodriguez stressed to KSAT that her daughter wasn’t suicidal, and was instead hopeful about becoming a practicing lawyer some day.

What’s , Rodriguez believes at least one of the 15 people inside the apartment at the time of her death knows about the tragedy.

‘There was a fight that happened between my daughter and another girl, and they were all staying in the same apartment that I have actual text messages of, and the detective just disregarded them,’ Rodriguez said.

When asked by the Daily Mail about Rodriguez’s claims, an Austin Police spokesperson responded with a portion of a previously provided statement: ‘This remains an open death investigation and is not being investigated as a homicide. The cause of death will be determined by the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office.’

Aguilera was among many students in Austin for Friday’s Texas-Texas A&M game, where the Longhorns upset the previously undefeated Aggies.

As seen on her Instagram page, Aguilera was an avid football fan with experience in cheerleading.

‘Brianna graduated from United High School in Laredo, TX where she was a seasoned cheerleader and received honors of Magna Cum Lade,’ read a GoFundMe page set up by her surviving family.

‘She was pursuing her dream of becoming a lawyer and was attending The Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M, her dream was to always be an AGGIE! She was a year shy of attaining her Aggie ring.’

The summary continued: ‘On Friday, November 28, 2025, Brianna attended the UT vs. Texas A&M tailgate with friends at Austin. The details surrounding what happened next remain unclear, and her mother is still awaiting answers.’

The fundraiser is aimed at helping Aguilera’s family shoulder the financial burdens they say they’re face since her death. As of Monday evening, than $23,000 had been raised.