Overview
- APD said at a Thursday news conference that evidence points to suicide, citing a deleted digital note dated Nov. 25, prior suicidal comments, self-harm the evening before, and no indications of criminal activity.
- Investigators reconstructed the night using surveillance and interviews, placing Brianna Aguilera at 21 Rio’s 17th floor around 11 p.m., on a one‑minute call with her boyfriend at 12:43–12:44 a.m., and found on the ground two minutes later with injuries consistent with a fall.
- Police reported Aguilera had been asked to leave a tailgate for intoxication and later recovered her lost phone and belongings in a wooded area near Walnut Creek, where digital forensics uncovered the deleted note.
- Buzbee criticized APD’s handling on Friday, questioned the alleged note, argued police cannot determine a cause of death, and said he will ask Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Rangers to investigate.
- APD says the case file remains open, the Travis County Medical Examiner will determine the official cause of death, and building staff provided full camera access as witnesses were interviewed multiple times.