The Return Of Rumpelstiltskin

A tantrum ends in tragedy as a New York woman rides a hissy into the hereafter:

A relative of the traveler who may have accidentally choked herself to death while handcuffed in a Phoenix airport holding cell says she was a "wonderful" woman and mother.

Officials say Carol Anne Gotbaum was arrested Friday at Sky Harbor International Airport after she became irate when gate crews refused to allow her late boarding for a flight.

The New York woman's stepmother-in-law, Betsy Gotbaum, says she was "sweet and kind and loving" and she's pleading for privacy for her stepson and the children. She calls it a "horrible tragedy."

Officers handcuffed Carol Gotbaum and took her to the holding room, where authorities say she kept screaming. When she became quiet they found her unresponsive.

They say she may have tried to get out of her handcuffs which ended up around her neck.

I'm not one for tasing, but in this case some calming volts would have allowed her to live to rage another day.