On 22 May 2005, her employer's four-month-old child Naif al-Quthaibi died while in Nafeek's care. Nafeek was accused of murdering the child by smothering him following an argument with his mother.[4] Nafeek claimed that she believed the baby had choked on a bottle by accident during feeding.[5][6][7][8] The baby's parents and Saudi police insisted that Nafeek was guilty of murder.[9]