Her American husband has been arrested in connection with her murder. The company where the victim was working had filed a missing persons report to police. Three months later, officers were contacted by workers who had seen the body inside a box while working in a desert near Al-Kharj, 70 km east of Riyadh.

The workers were digging the ground searching for metal when they came across the iron box. Police arrived at the location with forensic teams. Police are suspecting her American husband, working in an airbase, of murdering his wife. Police believe he lured the victim to a farm site, killed her and hid her body in the box.

Police arrested the husband and transferred him to Al-Malaz prison in Riyadh. Official spokesman for Riyadh police, Col. Naser Al-Qahtani, said the case was referred to the General Prosecution and Investigation Commission.