Texas A&M cheerleader Brianna Aguilera appeared to be glowing with happiness while posing next to her boyfriend just weeks before she was heard arguing with him over the phone and plunged 17 stories from an apartment building.
Aguilera smiled ear-to-ear as she held a wand and wore a sparkling crown alongside her college beau Aldo Sanchez, 20, who wore an eye-catching green-and-gold jacket as the pair were outfitted as Glinda and Prince Fiyero, respectively, from the “Wicked” films for Halloween, according to the Daily Mail.
In similar photos taken throughout the year, the couple appeared deeply infatuated and head-over-heels for each other.
In photos posted on Feb. 15 and March 2, the couple appeared radiant as they embraced.
In an April 12 photo, the pair are clad in New York Yankee gear, posing at a Bronx Bombers game with their drinks.
On August 1, Aguilera posted a photo holding a lavish bouquet of red and pink roses with a heart-adorned card on a dessert plate that read: “Will you be my girlfriend?”
Their final photo together on Halloween was snapped almost a month before Aguilera arrived at her Austin apartment complex just after 11 p.m. on Nov. 28, following a Texas A&M vs. UT tailgate, and plunged 17 stories to her death, police said.
Austin Police Detective Robert Marshall said at a news conference Thursday that Aguilera had become “intoxicated to a point where she was asked to leave” the tailgate.
The cheerleader told friends she had lost her phone and borrowed someone else’s cell to call her boyfriend from 12:43 to 12:44 a.m. when she arrived back at the complex, Marshall said.
Witnesses heard Aguilera arguing with Sanchez on the phone at 12:44 a.m. Saturday morning, just two minutes before a 911 call was made.
Police were called to the apartment complex less than two hours later, where they found Aguilera’s body.
Police said a deleted suicide note was on her phone, as well as suicidal texts sent on Friday night to friends. The 19-year-old had also previously made comments to friends indicating she may be suicidal.
Aguilera’s mom, Stephanie Rodriguez, has dismissed the cops’ version of events and insisted that her daughter wasn’t suicidal.
“Please don’t believe this lazy investigator and investigation!” she wrote in a Facebook post sharing a video of Thursday’s press conference.
The heartbroken mother previously shared that her daughter’s phone was on Do Not Disturb the night of her death, and that the teen knew to keep her alerts on when she went out.
The phone was later discovered by a creek, where it had been left since 6:30 p.m. Friday.
Police have said they won’t investigate the death as a homicide.
Rodriguez has hired hot-shot Texas attorney Tony Buzbee, who represented over 150 alleged victims of Sean “Diddy” Combsto, to investigate her daughter’s death.
“They feel certain this was not an accident. This was certainly not a suicide. The family deserves straight answers. We hope we can help them get those answers,” he wrote on his social media accounts.
Buzbee said his office will hold a press conference in Houston on Friday to discuss the case in depth.
If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts or are experiencing a mental health crisis and live in New York City, you can call 888-NYC-WELL for free and confidential crisis counseling. If you live outside the five boroughs, you can dial 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or go to SuicidePreventionLifeline.org.
