Dr. Neha Gupta, a pediatrician from Oklahoma, was arrested on Monday and faces a first-degree murder charge. She is accused of smothering her daughter, Aria Talathi, to death and attempting to cover it up as a drowning, the sheriff's office said in a press release on Wednesday.

Dr. Neha Gupta said her daughter was found unresponsive in a pool, authorities said. The medical examiner's office said she appeared to have been smothered.

Oklahoma pediatrician Dr. Neha Gupta is accused of smothering her 4-year-old daughter to death during a Florida trip and staging it as a drowning.