HOUSTON (CW39) – Attorney Tony Buzbee continues to claim that Austin police has bungled their investigation into the death of Brianna Aguilera, claiming that new witnesses put her death in a new light.
Aguilera, a 19-year-old Texas A&M student, was found unresponsive near an Austin apartment complex last November hours before the Texas vs. Texas A&M football game. Austin police said that she was declared dead that night and the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office determined the death as a possible suicide.
However, Aguilera’s family claims that the death wasn’t a suicide and have questioned Austin police’s methods of the investigation.
Buzbee said at the press conference that an investigator worked over 200 hours on the case, and found a witness who claims that she overheard arguing and yelling from the apartment next door to hers, which is where a party that Aguilar attended.
Dannah Rodriguez said at the press conference that around 12:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 28, she heard several people yelling from the balcony of the apartment. She also said that Austin police have not interviewed her or asked her for a statement.
Buzbee accused Austin police for not following through with its investigation into Aguilar’s death and questioned the timeline provided by police into how Aguilar died.
Also, Buzbee announced that they have filed a lawsuit against two organizations, the Austin Blacks rugby club and the University of Texas-Austin’s Latin Economics and Business Association — a student-run organization — for providing and overserving Aguilar and others alcoholic beverages. Aguilar was not at the Texas legal age to drink alcohol.
CW39 has reached out to the Austin Blacks and have yet to hear back. The University of Texas had no comment.
According to Buzbee, the investigation is still active.
“The investigation remains open, despite the Austin Police Department’s previous comments to the contrary,” Buzbee said. “We have expended substantial resources on this matter and will continue to do so until the family has the answers they deserve.”