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PHOENIX - A New York woman who died in police custody during an airport layover as she was headed to a Tucson rehabilitation program may have ordered liquor on her flight to Phoenix, according to new witness accounts.

The Phoenix Police Department's homicide unit, which probed the Sept. 28 death of Carol Anne Gotbaum, released more than 200 pages of documents Wednesday.

While the documents illuminate new aspects of the case, authorities still do not know how the 45-year-old Gotbaum died.

The Maricopa County medical examiner is waiting for laboratory results before issuing a final report.

Sgt. Andy Hill, a Phoenix police spokesman, said the homicide unit has wrapped up its probe of the death and it appears that police acted appropriately.

All of the witness accounts say that the police did what they had to do, Hill said. However, an internal investigation into the officers' conduct isn't complete yet.

Gotbaum had a layover at Sky Harbor International Airport during her trip to enter a 30-day rehab program in Tucson.

Authorities said she was arrested for disorderly conduct after she became irate when denied boarding and died later in a holding cell, authorities said.

The newly released documents show conflicting reports about whether Gotbaum was drinking before she was arrested.

While a member of the flight crew recalls serving Gotbaum a cocktail in the galley, a passenger told authorities that said she didn't see Gotbaum drink alcohol.

Gotbaum was taking medications to battle depression, according to police interviews with an investigator hired by her family.

Michael Manning, a Phoenix attorney who represents Gotbaum's husband and three young children, downplayed the drink Gotbaum may have had on the flight, noting that witnesses disagree about that.

The Gotbaum family, which has been critical of the police, has hired its own team of experts to probe the case.

But the new documents also show that Betsy Gotbaum, the New York public advocate and Gotbaum's mother-in-law, called the day of the death and asked Phoenix police to use Carol Gotbaum's maiden name in its reports to shield the Gotbaum family from publicity.