After reportedly being caught forcing his six-year-old son to run on a treadmill for "being too fat," a New Jersey father has been charged with murder in connection with his kid's death.
Christopher Gregor's kid repeatedly fell off a treadmill, which he forced his son to use in a warped attempt to lose weight. This one especially horrific event was recorded on surveillance film examined by the police.
According to a joint news statement, the Ocean County Medical Examiner's Office found last year that Corey Micciolo died on April 2, 2021, of "sustained injuries attributable to blunt force trauma."
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Officials discovered evidence that Gregor harmed his kid at the time, and he was charged with endangering the welfare of a child. According to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer and Barnegat Township Police Chief Keith Germain, Gregor was arrested last Wednesday; and his charges were raised to murder after an expert assessment of the evidence.
The youngster was only identified by his initials C.M. in the press release, but his complete name was listed in an obituary posted online by Lester Memorial Home.
As reported by Asbury Park Press, unreleased security footage used in an affidavit of probable cause shows Gregor and Corey at a local fitness club called the Atlantic Heights Clubhouse on March 20. In the video, Corey could be seen jogging on a treadmill while Gregor approached it and increased the speed.
According to the video, Corey kept falling off the treadmill while Gregor continued picking him up and putting him back on. According to the news site, Gregor was seen biting his son on the back of the head before pushing him to flee again.
Breanna Micciolo, who shared custody of Corey with Gregor, saw her son's bruises a few days later and reported them to the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency's caseworker.
On April 2, she took Corey to the doctor, where he said his father had him exercise on the treadmill because he was too big. The next day, he died. Gregor is being detained at the Ocean County Jail in Toms River for a detention hearing. It's unclear whether or not a bail amount has been established, Daily Mail reported.
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Gregor had been in his son's life for two years, according to the document, but there had been various custody difficulties throughout that time. According to the complaint, he informed someone that when he found out he had a son, he battled for full custody and won "against a former heroin and meth addict."
According to the probable cause affidavit released last week, both parents Gregor and Breanna Micciolo made allegations of child abuse, with 14 complaints of injury to Corey Micciolo made to the New Jersey Division of Child Permanency and Protection.
Gregor was accused of abuse in seven of the allegations while Micciolo and her family were accused of abuse in five of them. Within an hour after leaving the hospital following Corey's death, Gregor contacted his parents to say he wouldn't be back for a time and to look after his dog, according to the affidavit.
As stated in the affidavit, he was tracked down to Arkansas and then Tennessee two days later. According to the affidavit, he informed a lady in a Tinder message that he was going to see his brother in LA the same day. He was apprehended by local police in Tennessee with his on-again, off-again girlfriend, who indicated she would fly down to Tennessee and drive back to New Jersey with him after he messaged her.
Micciolo had accused Gregor of molesting the youngster on several occasions, but Gregor denied it. In the affidavit, a woman who met Gregor on a dating service in April 2020 said she broke up with him after noting "red flags," including one event during which the woman said Gregor became enraged and shoved Corey over the boat while crabbing. According to the affidavit, he subsequently stated that he was "roughhousing."
Breanna Micciolo started a private Facebook group called Justice for Corey after her son died to seek awareness for his cause. It now has over 18,000 members, as per Patch.
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