The woman who was found dead in the bathtub of a Miami Beach hotel room rented by married music exec David Bolno was a wannabe singer who aimed to make it big by posting sexy bikini shots and videos on social media, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.
Camila Sterling, 24, was discovered face up in the tub after Bolno had left the room at the hotspot Miami hotel the Setai.
A police report stated Bolno, 46, checked out of the hotel at 4.30am on March 30, leaving Colombia-born Sterling there. Her body wasn’t found until 1pm.
Cops say a suspicious substance was found in Room 2805 along with Sterling’s body. They have not said what that substance was.
The cause of Sterling’s death has not yet been revealed and Miami police say that Bolno is not a person of interest in the case.
Camila Sterling, 24, died inside David Bolno’s Setai Hotel room in Miami Beach after working with him on her music
Sterling had recently released two songs on Spotify: Moët and another song called Hookah which collectively garnered over 1.5million plays on the music website
Camila Sterling was born in the Colombian capital Bogota, in 1998 and spent most of her childhood in the South American country before moving to Florida at age 14 with her family
‘There is an open death investigation pending the toxicology report from the Medical Examiner’s office to determine the official cause of death,’ a police spokesman said.
‘Mr. Bolno has cooperated with our investigation and is not a person of interest.’
Bolno, who is married with two children and lives in Los Angeles, told DailyMail.com that Sterling’s death was a ‘terrible tragedy’ but he stressed that he was not in the room when she died.
‘From what I was told she was found much later in the day,’ he said.
He says she was an aspiring musician and he’d arranged for her to have her own room in his hotel but that there is ‘not much more to it’.
Bolno, a partner at NKSFB, the largest business management firm in the country working alongside artists in music, film, and television, said he’d hoped to sign Sterling.
‘I really liked her. I was helping her make music… It was a terrible tragedy. I had vacated the room in the earlier part of the morning, so I wasn’t there when they found her.
‘It was really sad, she was someone I really liked, and she was a good person.’ Bolno, who has worked with musicians Drake and Post Malone, said.
When asked why a 24-year-old beauty would have been in his room at such odd hours during the night Bolno said: ‘I let her stay there, there’s not much more to it’ and when asked where he was, he repeated: ‘She was found when I’d left.’
Bolno, who lives in Los Angeles in an $11.4 million estate with his wife Stacy and their children. said Sterling was in his hotel room because ‘she was recording music the night before’.
‘She’s a client and she was going to sign a record deal with me. I helped her make music,’ he said.
‘I really don’t want to go too deeply into it.
‘Honestly it was a terrible tragedy.’
Bolno works in NKSFB’s Westwood office, focusing on business management.
In an interview with Hollywood Reporter in 2018, the 46-year-old said that he’d had the opportunity to work with some of the largest tours that year, adding that he finds his job ‘fulfilling’ when his clients have ‘breakout success.’
To unwind, the Hollywood business manager said he likes ‘to spend as much time as I can with my family.’
DailyMail.com exclusively revealed last week, the body of the would-be singer had been found face up in the bathtub of a room which had been vacated by married music exec David Bolno, 46, in the early hours of the morning
Bolno, a partner at NKSFB, the largest business management firm in the country working alongside artists in music, film, and television, said he’d hoped to sign Sterling
Camila Sterling’s fledgling music career had just got off the ground with two singles released to Spotify – including the song Hookah
Friends remembered Sterling as ‘beautiful, brilliant, talented, authentic and intelligent person’
Camila Sterling was found dead in a bathtub similar to this one in room 2805 at 1pm on March 30. She had ordered room service earlier that day, after Bolno left the hotel
David Bolno with his wife Stacy Pineles. Police say he is not a person of interest in the case
Bolno lives in Los Angeles in a five-bedroom, six bathroom estate estimated to be worth $11.4 million with wife Stacy and their children
The Setai hotel said Sterling had ordered room service after Bolno had left the hotel in the early hours.
Her body was only discovered when hotel staff knocked on the door around 1pm to make up the room and to tell the occupants it was time to leave.
When there was no answer, the front desk contacted Bolno who told them he had already left, but that they needed to remove the woman from the suite.
Hotel security then visited the room and found Sterling unresponsive inside. The fire service and EMS were called at 1.22pm.
Bolno told DailyMail.com the incident was a ‘terrible tragedy’
Police said when they initially entered the room they noticed an ‘unknown substance in various areas inside the property.’
Miami Beach Police and The Setai Hotel have refused to hand over surveillance videos from the night of Camila’s death.
Police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez said: ‘ If there is any video footage, it would not be available until the case has been closed. The only information I have is what is in the police report.’
Sterling was born in the Colombian capital Bogota in 1998 and spent most of her childhood in the South American country before moving to Florida at age 14 with her family.
Having originally embarked on a journalism career, she settled on a career in Latin music, releasing her first single Hookah on her 23rd birthday last year. Her music was influenced by Spanish singers Shakira, Karol G and Juanes.
She had recently released two songs on Spotify: Moët and Hookah which collectively garnered over 1.5million plays on the music website and also boasted 6,000 monthly listeners on the music platform together with 63K followers on Tik Tok.
The singer regularly posted videos of her singing and dancing and washing her French bulldog in her Florida apartment.
Having originally embarked on a journalism career, she settled on a career in Latin music, releasing her first single Hookah on her 23rd birthday last year. Her music was influenced by Spanish singers Shakira, Karol G and Juanes
The Setai is among Miami’s most exclusive hotels. Rooms run up to $2,600 a night
The police report initially stated Sterling was 34, however close friends revealed she was in fact 24, and at the beginning of a promising career in music:
A family member exclusively told DailyMail.com Sterling’s funeral was held on Monday April 3. She was cremated after a service attended by close friends together with her father Henry Lozano, in Opa-locka – a city north of Miami.
Tributes from Camila’s friends have flooded in, with some questioning the circumstances of her death: ‘There’s a lot of unanswered questions’, a friend who asked not to be identified said, adding: ‘I don’t want to ask too many questions because the situation is very sketchy.’
Friends have told DailyMail.com they were shocked by her untimely death: ‘I can only say I was speechless when I realized that such a beautiful, brilliant, talented, authentic and intelligent person has arrived at her departures at such a young age.
‘I had the opportunity to meet her several years ago when she hired me to decorate her birthday-she was an excellent person,’ said one.
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