in a hotel bathroom with bruises on her neck and a bite mark on her hand. she was reportedly in the company of her one time boyfriend nick brooks. the 24-year-old is being questioned by new york city police. brooks is the troubled son of oscar winning song writer joseph brooks who wrote you light up my life. the the elderly brooks is charged with luring women to his apartment. nick brooks began wooing silvi after her poodle was killed by a car. she had this idea of helping people and i think this boy needed some help in directing his life. reporter: but on a family vacation in cancun just two weeks ago, sihvi told her mother the relationship was over. and she told me, mommy, we re just friends right now. reporter: police in new york are seeking a search warrant to examine brooks and the bathtub for dna. silvi s mother says she can t bear the thought of burying her daughter. we want to really, really know what happened. why did he do this to her. what happened? you