A horrifying footage has emerged of a man in the US facing murder charges for the death of his six-year-old son in 2021. The clip shows him forcing the child to run on a treadmill because he believed the boy was “too fat.”
Tragically, Corey Micciolo, the child, died from multiple injuries on April 2, 2021, which authorities describe as “chronic abuse.”
In the footage, which was played during a court proceeding on Tuesday, the father can be seen increasing the treadmill’s speed to unbearable levels and forcing the child to get back up after falling five times.
The CCTV footage shows the father, Christopher J. Gregor, and son inside a gym in New Jersey, with Gregor hovering over the boy’s shoulder as he runs on a treadmill. The video shows Gregor clicking a button to increase the machine’s speed. As the machine accelerates, Corey struggles to keep up and falls off the back, sustaining bruises.
NEW: Mother breaks down in court as she watches her son’s father abuse her child by making him run on the treadmill because he was “too fat.”New Jersey father Christopher Gregor is accused of killing his 6-year-old son Corey Micciolo.
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Despite this, Gregor lifts him by his shirt and forces him back onto the machine without reducing its speed. In one disturbing clip, Gregor appears to bite his son’s head. This sequence repeats four more times before Gregor finally slows the machine down. However, the damage to Corey’s body had already been inflicted, with bruises visible externally and internally.
Corey’s mother, Bre Micciolo, who reportedly shared custody with Gregor, noticed bruises on her son’s body days before his death, allegedly from the treadmill incident. Concerned for Corey’s safety, she feared for his life and reported the boy’s injuries to the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency, The Sun reported.
Following the complaint, a caseworker requested the mother to bring her son to the doctor on April 1. During the visit, Corey disclosed that Gregor allegedly instructed him to run on the treadmill “because he was too fat.” However, the young boy passed away the next day.
The prosecutors revealed the treadmill incident led to bruising on the boy’s body. According to Corey’s autopsy performed on April 3, 2021, the report concluded that the cause of death was due to “blunt force injuries, along with cardiac and liver contusions, acute inflammation, and sepsis.”
Christopher J. Gregor, 31, is currently on trial for child endangerment and murder charges. If convicted, he may face life imprisonment.
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