Thursday, October 01, 2009
Knott County Man Charged With Death Of Wife
Twenty-six year old Mack Tackett of Topmost (Knott County) has been arrested and charged with one count of murder in the death of his wife, Heather Tackett. Kentucky State Police say, just before 2:00 A.M. on September 5th., they received a call that Mack Tackett had shot himself. When police arrived, they found 29 year old Heather Tackett inside the residence deceased from a single gunshot wound. Mack Tackett was transported to Holston Valley Medical Center in Tennessee, where he was originally listed in critical condition from a gunshot wound in the face. Tackett is being held at Roederer Correctional Complex in LaGrange.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:30 PM 
