FATHER FOUND GUILTY of Aggravated Manslaughter in 6-year-old SON’S TREADMILL DEATH, Avoids Most Serious Murder Penalty
A New Jersey father was convicted guilty last week of his 6-year-old son’s treadmill death, but he avoided the most serious murder penalty.
Christopher Gregor, now 32, was found guilty of aggravated manslaughter and child endangerment in the 2021 death of his 6-year-old son, Corey Micciolo, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer.
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“Christopher Gregor must live the rest of his life with the knowledge that he, and he alone, was responsible for the death of his one and only son,” Billhimer stated in a press release. “It is just and proper that he carry that cross.
“While nothing will bring this lovely kid back to his family, we hope that today’s jury verdict provides some comfort and closure for those who knew and loved Corey. At long last, justice for Corey has been served.” Prosecutors stated Gregor’s jury trial lasted six weeks. He is scheduled to be sentenced in August 2024 and faces up to 30 years in state prison.
Ocean County prosecutors claimed that Corey died from blunt force damage sustained when Gregor forced him to run on a treadmill in March 2021. The workout was captured on security camera, which shows Gregor repeatedly increasing the treadmill’s pace, causing his kid to fall off face-first roughly six times.
Gregor was charged in March 2022 after an expert witness ruled that Corey died “as a result of blunt force impact to the chest and abdomen, and determined the manner of the child’s death to be homicide,” according to county prosecutors.
At trial, Gregor’s lawyer, Mario Gallucci, stated that their medical experts will testify that the youngster died as a result of sepsis from pneumonia. During opening remarks, he admitted that viewing the tape would “horrify” the jury, but claimed it had nothing to do with the death, which occurred around two weeks after the workout.
Prosecutors also stated that the boy suffered contusions all over his body, as well as lacerations in his heart and liver. Gallucci claimed the injuries were the result of running on the treadmill and playing football.