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Police believe that the man apprehended yesterday in the Slaying of a Tram Woman knew the victim though they could not specify how well he knew her; this according to a statement from the Kentucky State Police, who yesterday arrested 44 year old Tony Ray Tackett of Printer charging him with Murder, Rape 1st degree and unlawful imprisonment. Tackett was arrested without incident yesterday morning outside a home in Printer and is being held in the Floyd County jail on $300,000 cash bond. He is scheduled for arraignment on Jan. 9. Police believe that Tackett was involved in the killing of 55 year old Margaret Hall of Tram, whose body was found April first off a strip mine road in the Harold Community. Floyd County Attorney Keith Bartley said Tackett has a long record of criminal charges, "the most serious of which were in the late 1980s and early 1990s and most of which were dismissed because of the failure of a grand jury to indict him." A third-degree rape charge against Tackett in 1993 was also dismissed, along with an arson charge in Pike County. While Police have charged Tackett in relation to the murder the investigation continues and they have not ruled out the possibility that other suspects may be involved. If you have any information you are urged to contact the KSP at 1-800-222-5555.