New York ( CNN ) -- The boyfriend of a 33-year-old swimsuit designer , whose bruised body was found in a bathtub at an exclusive New York hotel on Thursday , has been charged in her death , officials said . Nick Brooks , 24 , whose father -- Joseph Brooks -- is the Oscar-winning composer and director who produced the song `` You Light Up My Life , '' was charged with attempted murder and strangulation in the death of Sylvie Cachay , police said Friday . According to CNN affiliate WABC , authorities are treating the death as a homicide . However , Brooks can not be charged with murder until the medical examiner determines the death was the result of a homicide . Police discovered Cachay , whose designs had been considered a celebrity favorite , at the Soho House club and hotel , according to a New York police spokesman who declined to be named , citing agency policy . Blog : Cachay remembered as 'light personified ' Brooks was Cachay 's boyfriend , according to CNN affiliate WABC . Cachay 's body sustained bruising on the neck and bite marks , and was found clothed in the hotel room bathtub , the spokesman said . The city medical examiner said Friday the initial autopsy was inconclusive . The office will provide more details surrounding Cachay 's death `` pending toxicology and tissue testing , which would take a few weeks , '' said spokeswoman Grace Burgess . `` Sylvie Cachay was one of those rare individuals who truly sparkled when she spoke , '' said publicist Kate Godici . `` She will be deeply and painfully missed , yet celebrated , honored and never forgotten . '' The elder Brooks was indicted on multiple counts of sexual assault earlier this year , according to New York Supreme court documents . The younger Brooks is currently in police custody , the spokesman said .
NEW : Nick Brooks is charged with attempted murder and strangulation . A man who was shot in the head during a fight at an East Side bar has died, police said. A swimsuit designer was found dead in a bathtub at an exclusive New York hotel on Thursday . Sylvie Cachay sustained bruising on her neck and bite marks , police said .