Mom pleads for justice after daughter dies in suspected DUI crash near Stayton

STAYTON, Ore. (KATU) — The mother of a 16-year-old girl killed in a crash Sunday night near Stayton is calling for justice in the case against 33-year-old Christopher Atkinson of Salem who is accused of DUI, manslaughter, and providing alcohol to minors.

“I do not think he should ever get out,” Kristina McDaniel said in tears on the phone during a pre-trial bail setting hearing for Atkinson.

Marion County Judge Drew Taylor ruled Atkinson would be a danger to society and ordered him held without bail…

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