It's time to make up a better lie

Something about the police side of the story on this just doesn't ring true:

The daughter-in-law of one of New York's top officials screamed, "I'm not a terrorist!" and fought with security officials in the Phoenix airport before being wrestled to the ground and handcuffed, witnesses told the Daily News yesterday.

Carol Anne Gotbaum, 45, of the upper West Side, died less than an hour later, after cops claim she apparently strangled herself while trying to escape from the handcuffs in a holding cell at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

I mean, come on. How do you strangle yourself when your arms are handcuffed behind your back? That's a pretty good contortion act, I'd say.