Christopher Gregor, a dad in New Jersey, is currently on trial for the death of his 6-year-old son, Corey Micciolo. Gregor made Corey run on a treadmill at a local New Jersey gym, claiming the little boy was "too fat." Video evidence showed that Corey repeatedly fell off the treadmill as Gregor increased the speed, which ended up causing fatal injuries. Corey's mother, Breanna Micciolo, was seen in court crying as the video was played. She says she had no idea what kind of abuse her son endured.
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On April 2, 2021, Gregor took Corey to the hospital after the boy woke up slurring his speech and stumbling. He also suffered from nausea and shortness of breath. While receiving a CT scan, Corey had a seizure, and by that evening he was pronounced dead. An initial autopsy stated the little boy's cause of death was due to blunt force injuries, along with cardiac and liver contusions, acute inflammation, and sepsis. Gregor's lawyer tried to argue that those findings did not lead to Corey's death and that the boy died of sepsis caused by pneumonia.
An independent forensic pathologist, Dr. Thomas Andrew, was brought in to review Corey's case and ruled the boy's death a homicide. Based on the evidence Dr. Andrew found, he believed that Corey had been chronically abused. He found blunt impact injuries on his chest and abdomen with a laceration on his heart, left pulmonary contusion, and laceration and contusion of his liver. Dr. Andrew also believed that Corey suffered an acute traumatic injury about four to 12 hours before he died.
Gregor was initially arrested for endangering the welfare of a child before being officially charged in March 2022 with child endangerment and murder. He is currently on trial and being held without bond.
