Death of Corey Micciolo: Dad accused of murdering 6-year-old boy forced him to run on a treadmill

A US murder trial has seen “horrifying” footage of a father forcing his 6-year-old son to run on a treadmill because he allegedly said he was “too fat”.

Christopher Gregor, 31, a New Jersey man, faces charges of murder and child endangerment in the death of his son Corey Micciolo in April 2021.

The heartbreaking footage, recorded at a gym in Barnegat, New Jersey, on March 20, 2021, shows Gregor standing next to his son as he tries to keep up with the pace on the treadmill.

Increases the incline and speed of the machine, making your child fly backwards.

He picks up the boy and places him clumsily on the device, appearing to bite him on the head as he does so.

In sickening scenes, Micciolo repeatedly fails to get back on, being slammed to the track and thrown backwards each time.

Gregor finally relents, slowing down and heading down the slope.

Corey’s mother, Bre Micciolo, who shared custody with Gregor, reported the boy’s injuries to the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the days before his death, the US Sun reported.

On April 1 he took the boy to the doctor.

Corey Micciolo told the doctor that his father made him run on the treadmill “because he was too fat,” according to the US Sun

The next day his condition worsened and it was his father who took him to the hospital.

“The defendant had taken Corey’s limp body to Southern Ocean Medical Center,” prosecutors told the jury.

“He reported that Corey was sleepy and vomiting. “Corey was rushed in and taken to room 6 of the emergency department.”

He was then intubated before succumbing to his injuries.

An initial autopsy completed after Micciolo’s death on April 2 revealed severe bruising on the boy’s body, indicating the cause of death as blunt force injuries, contusions to the heart and liver, acute inflammation and sepsis.

Ocean County Coroner Dr. Dante Ragusa ultimately recorded his findings as “undetermined.”

A review of the case by Dr. Thomas Andrew in September 2021 discovered a laceration to his heart and ruled the death a homicide, leading to Gregor being arrested and charged.

Bre Micciolo cried as she watched the confrontation video in court, but Gregor’s attorney told jurors he didn’t care if they liked his client after watching it.

Addressing them before it began, Mario Gallucci said: “You won’t like it. And I don’t care if you don’t like it. “You will be horrified and mortified.”

He told them that “the evidence you will see of Corey’s death had nothing to do with that treadmill,” arguing that the boy’s death was due to sepsis and not abuse suffered at the hands of his father.

The trial continues.