US EditionPolice reveal how college student died after attending tailgate party
Police cited a deleted suicide note and prior suicidal comments as evidence; no criminal activity was found in the death of the 19-year-old college student.
- Thursday morning, the Austin Police Department said 19-year-old Texas A&M student Brianna Aguilera died by suicide at 12:56 a.m. on Saturday, after falling from a 17th-floor unit near the University of Texas campus.
- After attending a tailgate, Brianna Aguilera was asked to leave around 10 p.m., and surveillance video shows she arrived at the complex about 11 p.m. with three other young women leaving around 12:30 a.m.
- Phone records show a one-minute call from 12:43 to 12:44 a.m., and investigators found a deleted suicide note dated Nov. 25 on Aguilera's phone, police said.
- The Buzbee Law Firm and the Gamez Law Firm held a joint press conference; Aguilera's family set up a GoFundMe and authorities highlighted the 988 Lifeline.
- Attorneys and critics questioned why the Austin Police Department concluded suicide before the autopsy was complete, while Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said inaccurate information caused harm and no criminal evidence was found.
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