A FATHER has been jailed for 25 years after being convicted of manslaughter in the slow death of his six-year-old son.
A jury found Christopher Gregor, 32, guilty of manslaughter and child endangerment after sickening video showed him forcing his son, Corey Micciolo, to run on a treadmill.
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The New Jersey father was sentenced to 20 years in prison for manslaughter and five years for child endangerment.
Gregor was facing up to 40 years in prison when he was sentenced Friday in Ocean Superior Court.
Corey’s mother, Breanna Micciolo, addressed the court moments before Gregor learned his fate.
“He’s sick in the head and he used Corey as a punching bag, he never had an ounce of love for Corey, he never praised him… he punished Corey every chance he got,” she said through tears.
During Gregor’s six-week trial, Ocean County prosecutors argued that Corey died from blunt force trauma he suffered when his father forced him to run on a treadmill in March 2021.
BELT
The workout was captured on surveillance video after the grueling session at the Atlantic Heights Clubhouse gym.
It shows Gregor continually increasing the speed of the treadmill, causing his son to fall on his face about six times.
He allegedly forced him to do brutal exercises on the treadmill because he was “too fat”, the court was told.
His lawyer, Mario Gallucci, said watching the tape would “horrify” the jury.
But he argued that the treadmill incident had nothing to do with the death, which occurred about two weeks after the workout.
Medical experts for the defense testified that the child’s death was caused by sepsis caused by pneumonia.
LACERATED HEART
Prosecutors noted that the boy had bruises all over his body and that his heart and liver were lacerated.
Gallucci said the bruises came from the treadmill and the football.
A doctor confirmed that Corey died from blunt force trauma and a heart laceration.
His death was ruled a homicide caused by chronic child abuse.
Corey died from blunt force injuries with heart and liver contusions, according to an initial autopsy.
He also had acute inflammation and sepsis.
Footage shown to the jury showed the father carrying his son to the reception desk at Southern Ocean Medical Center on April 2, 2021.
The boy did not move as he lay in his father’s arms, breathing “terrible, almost life-ending breaths,” according to testimony from William Doyle, the nurse on duty at the time.
The case against Christopher J. Gregor
Christopher J. Gregor was convicted of manslaughter and child endangerment for the death of his son Corey Micciolo on April 2, 2021.
On March 20, 2021, security footage from the gym in Gregor’s building showed that the father allegedly forced his 6-year-old son to run on the treadmill.
As the machine sped up, Corey fell and was caught by his shirt and put back into it by Gregor.
The boy fell five more times before slowing down.
Corey’s mother, Bre Micciolo, noticed bruises on his body allegedly from the treadmill incident, according to her statement.
She took him to the hospital on April 1 and Corey said Gregor allegedly told him to run on the treadmill “because he was too fat.”
On April 2, Gregor took Corey to the hospital saying he was sleepy and vomiting. The boy was admitted to the emergency room, where he later died.
The next day, Dr. Dante Ragusa, Ocean County medical examiner, performed his autopsy and concluded the cause of death was due to blunt force injuries, along with heart and liver contusions, acute inflammation and sepsis, according to TV Court. He considered his findings “indeterminate.”
About six months after Corey’s death, Dr. Thomas Andrew, a consultant forensic pathologist, reviewed the case and ruled it a homicide.
He also found evidence that led him to believe Corey was chronically abused.
This included blunt impact injuries to the chest and abdomen, with laceration to the heart, left lung contusion, and laceration and contusion to the liver.
Gregor’s attorney continues to deny any wrongdoing on Gregor’s part, claiming that Corey’s death was due to a sepsis infection and not bruising.
Corey “didn’t show any signs that it was verbal,” Doyle said, adding that the boy’s head was tilted back when he was taken into the exam room.
“He was an all-hands-on-deck situation,” Doyle said.
Corey’s injuries were so severe that he suffered a seizure during a CT scan, forcing medical staff to make emergency efforts to save his life.
However, they were unable to resuscitate the boy, and he was pronounced dead shortly before 5pm.
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