Report: Abramoff Ex-Partner Knew of Slaying

Friday June 9, 2006 4:01 PM

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A man who purchased SunCruz Casinos with lobbyist Jack Abramoff in 2000 has told authorities he knows who killed the casino's founder the following year, according to a report published Friday.

Adam Kidan told authorities in a 2-hour interview last month that John Gurino, who was later killed by a business partner, shot SunCruz founder Konstantinos ``Gus'' Boulis in 2001, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. The paper did not say how it obtained the taped interview.

Kidan and Abramoff had previously insisted, through their attorneys, that they knew nothing about Boulis' killing. Three other men are charged with murder in the case.