ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI C DISPATCH.COM FREE! THURSDAY | MARCH 15, 2018 One dead after Monday crash Two others involved were treated and released One vehicle in the incident was taken to NMMC. Police are continuing to in- was occupied by an adult, who An adult in the third vehicle vestigate the crash and have BY ALEX HOLLOWAY afternoon that 47-year-old To- was treated at OCH Regional was treated and released. The so far declined to comment on [email protected] nya Graham, of Cedarbluff in Medical Center. The second fourth vehicle in the incident any potential causes or what Clay County, died at about 11:30 vehicle, according to SPD, was was a parked vehicle that was, happened leading up to the in- One person is dead after a a.m. Tuesday at North Missis- occupied by an adult and a juve- at the time, unoccupied. cident. Monday four-vehicle crash hos- sippi Medical Center in Tupelo. nile. The juvenile has been re- SPD closed the portion of SPD asks that anyone with pitalized four people. The crash occurred at about leased after receiving treatment Lampkin Street between Rus- information on the incident con- Oktibbeha County Coroner 10:45 a.m. Monday on Lampkin at OCH, but the adult — who sell and South Montgomery tact the department at 662-323- Michael Hunt confirmed in a Street, between South Mont- Starkville Police Department streets for a few hours after the 4131 or Golden Triangle Crime statement issued Wednesday gomery and Russell streets. has confirmed was Graham — crash. Stoppers at 1-800-530-7151. SPRING BREAK FUN Harvard Business School publishes case study on Golden Triangle R eport lauds area economic development efforts BY ALEX HOLLOWAY [email protected] Almost half a year after visiting the Golden Triangle, Harvard Business School is lauding the region’s work and les- sons faculty have tak- en from an excursion to the area. Rivkin Harvard Business School published a report on Tuesday highlighting the late October trip 16 fac- Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff ulty members took Mia Perez, 4, makes chalk art on downtown sidewalks Wednesday. Mia and other children were attending Spring Break Kids to the Golden Trian- Yoga Camp at Firefly Yoga this week to practice yoga, learn mindfulness and make arts and crafts. Mia is the daughter of gle. The report, ti- Fatima Leah and Edward Perez from Starkville. tled “Manufacturing Higgins a Renaissance in the Deep South,” walks through the decision of HBS faculty to visit the region, summarizes the trip and touches on how the school has im- LCSO: Human skull discovered in Lowndes backyard plemented lessons learned in the Golden Triangle into a course for appears to be very old students. Coroner to take bone to state forensics lab today and doesn’t seem to have In the report, Senior Associate BY ISABELLE ALTMAN Deputies responded to the call and signs of traumatic injury. Dean for Research Jan Rivkin notes [email protected] found multiple bones, including the Lowndes County Cor- he originally gained an interest in oner Greg Merchant, skull. the region through a 2014 report Authorities have found what they be- who is taking the skull to “I’m pretty confident in saying the in The Atlantic. Meanwhile, HBS lieve to be a human skull in the back- the Mississippi Forensics leadership, including Dean Nitin bones we recovered are going to be ani- yard of a Lowndes County residence. Center in Jackson today, Nohria, began to feel that HBS fac- mal bones, but this is definitely going to Wright The resident of an Armistad Road also said there was no ulty, which traveled extensively to home off Highway 69 spotted what he be a human skull, no doubt about that,” trauma to the skull. As to the age, gen- study global economic issues, could thought at first was a faded old basket- LCSO Capt. Greg Wright said. der and other information on the bone, focus more on issues at home in the ball in his backyard Tuesday night. A However Wright said authorities are he didn’t have any answers. United States. The report notes the closer inspection revealed it was actual- far from declaring the incident a ho- “It appears it has been buried some sentiment came to a head after the ly a skull, and he called 911. micide investigation. He said the skull See SKULL, 8A 2016 election, when Nohria, Rivkin and HBS Senior Associate Dean for Executive Education Luis Viceria “were processing and unpacking the election results and were struck by the structural changes afoot do- Columbus police investigate two shootings at houses mestically.” Rivkin, speaking to The Dis- No arrests made; shootings may have a CPD press release. Three Investigators believe the patch Wednesday afternoon, said shots entered the home, but two shootings are related he felt faculty needed to focus more been related to Sprint Mart fight no one was injured. and said each took place on domestic economic issues. At about 5:40 a.m. Wednes- after individuals got in an “The heartland of America is a DISPATCH STAFF REPORT earlier this week. day, there was another shoot- argument, the press release place the Harvard Business School The first shooting oc- ing in the 400 block of 15th said. used to visit quite often,” Rivkin Columbus Police Depart- curred at about 10 p.m. at a Avenue South, the press re- While investigating the said. “In the excitement of global- ment is investigating two house on the 300 block of 21st lease said. There were also Wednesday shooting, po- ization, we started visiting other shootings at houses from Street North, according to no injuries in that shooting. 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City Hall DISPATCH CUSTOMER SERVICE 328-2424 | NEWSROOM 328-2471 2A THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2018 THE DISPATCH • www.cdispatch.com SAY WHAT? DID YOU HEAR? “He could’ve had 18 assists tonight.” MSU men’s basketball coach Ben Howland, talking Docs link Trump Org lawyer about Lamar Peters, who had 14 assists Wednesday in his team’s victory against Nebraska in the first round to effort to silence porn star Thursday of the National Invitation Tournament. Story, 1B. Actress has offered to return the money she was paid for agreeing not A THOUSAND WORDS to discuss the alleged relationship THE ASSOCIatED PRESS documents to The Associ- ated Press. The documents WASHINGTON — New were first reported by CNN documents show a second and the Wall Street Journal. lawyer with ties to Presi- Avenatti said the docu- dent Donald Trump was ments show that “contrary involved in legal efforts to to Mr. Cohen’s represen- keep adult film star Stormy tations, there is little to no Daniels from talking about difference between EC LLC her alleged affair with and The Trump Organiza- Trump. tion/Donald Trump.” Attorney Jill A. Martin In a statement late signed the documents, Wednesday, the Trump which were filed Feb. 22 Organization said Martin as part of confidential arbi- worked on the filing in her tration proceedings. She’s “individual capacity” and referenced in the filing the company “has had no as counsel for “EC LLC,” involvement in the matter.” though the address she lists The White House says is that of Trump’s Los Ange- Trump has denied the affair les golf club. with Daniels, whose real EC appears to be a refer- name is Stephanie Clifford. ence to a company formed Earlier this month, Clif- by Trump’s personal attor- ford filed a lawsuit seek- ney, Michael Cohen, to facil- ing to invalidate her “hush itate a $130,000 payment to agreement” because it was silence Daniels in the clos- signed only by her and Co- ing days of the 2016 pres- hen, but not Trump.