The parents of a 19-year-old Texas A&M student who was found dead at an Austin apartment complex last weekend have hired prominent Houston attorney Tony Buzbee and are urging anyone with information about her final hours to come forward.
In a statement Wednesday, Buzbee Law Firm and Gamez Law Firm announced that they have been retained by Manuel Aguilera and Stephanie Rodriguez, the parents of Brianna Aguilera, in an effort to “determine what happened” to their daughter.
Brianna was found dead at 12:47 a.m. early Saturday morning at an apartment complex on Rio Grande Street in Austin, according to the statement. Her death occurred hours after Texas A&M’s football game vs. Texas.
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In the days after the incident, officials with Austin Police Department confirmed that the situation was not being investigated as a homicide, adding that there were “no indications of suspicious circumstances.”
In the days following APD’s announcement, Stephanie Rodriguez has publicly questioned the department’s assessment of the situation, denying the notion that her daughter would’ve fallen to her death accidentally or by suicide.
“There was 15 people in that apartment,” she said in a phone call. “The surveillance video from what he told me, about 15, 14, 15 people in that apartment were in there. How could not one of them see anything?”
She has also posted new information she has gathered on her Facebook page.
Attorneys for the family described the case as an “unimaginable and very suspicious tragedy.”
Brianna’s parents believe there is much more information that needs to be discovered about the circumstances surrounding her death.
“They feel certain this was not an accident. This was certainly not a suicide,” the statement said. “This family deserves straight answers.”
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Buzbee, who is also an alum of Texas A&M, has provided legal representation several prominent cases, including the allegations against Deshaun Watson, Shannon Sharpe, and Sean “Diddy” Combs.
The law firms announced they will hold a news conference Friday at 1 p.m. at their downtown Houston office on the 75th floor of the Chase Tower. Both parents are expected to attend and speak publicly about the case.
In the meantime, attorneys are asking anyone with information about Brianna’s whereabouts or activities on Nov. 28 to contact them.
“We hope we can help them get those answers,” the statement said.
New Details from Investigators
In a news conference Thursday morning, APD officials revealed new details in the investigation.
APD officials said Aguilera had attended a Friday night tailgate in Austin, where witnesses said she became intoxicated and was asked to leave the gathering.
After leaving the tailgate, Aguilera reportedly staggered into a wooded area and dropped her phone and other belongings. Police later recovered those items in the woods.
Investigators say Aguilera eventually made her way back to the apartment, where she asked to use a friend’s phone. She was overheard having a verbal argument with her boyfriend, who was out of town at the time.
Roughly two minutes after that call, a 911 caller reported that someone had fallen from the apartment building. Detectives say Aguilera fell from a 17th-floor balcony.
According to police, evidence gathered in the investigation does not indicate foul play.
Detectives reported recovering a deleted digital note from Aguilera’s phone, dated Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, addressed to specific individuals in her life. Investigators also noted that Aguilera had made comments regarding taking her life in the past, including in the days leading up to her death.
At no point, officials said, did the investigation reveal evidence of criminal actions or suspicious circumstances involving other individuals.