THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, September 9, 1996             TAG: 9609090079
SECTION: FRONT                   PAGE: A2   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: FORT WORTH, TEXAS                 LENGTH:   27 lines

CLASSMATE SAYS HE HEARD FRIEND TALK ABOUT MURDER

A midshipman who was a close friend of a Naval Academy classmate charged with murder said he heard her talk about the slaying for weeks, but never told authorities.

First-year midshipman Jay Guild said he will leave the academy Monday rather than face dismissal on conduct charges.

Guild, 18, of Kankakee, Ill., said he stayed silent because he initially believed that fellow plebe Diane Zamora was lying about her involvement in the December slaying of 16-year-old Adrianne Jones.

Later, he felt that exposing her story would have been like ``turning in a family member.''

Jones' body was found Dec. 4 in a field in Grand Prairie, Texas, and police have said they believe Zamora and her fiance, Air Force Academy cadet David Graham, killed her.

Zamora, 18, was arrested Friday in Fort Worth after giving police a signed statement about the killing. Police say Zamora, after learning that her boyfriend had a fling with Jones, said the only way to atone was to kill her. Jones was shot in the head.

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