In 2021, a child death case occurred in New Jersey, USA, which attracted a lot of attention - 6-year-old boy Corey Micciolo died tragically due to the long-term abuse of his father, Christopher Gregor.
Christopher was later charged with first-degree murder and went on trial on Tuesday.
During the trial, the brutal images of him abusing Corey on a treadmill and killing him were exposed for the first time, causing public outrage......
（死者Corey Micciolo）
It happened on March 20, 2021, when Christopher took Corey to a gym in the town of Barnegat because he felt Corey was "too fat."
Surveillance video shows that at first, the father and son were still practicing their own work, with Christopher practicing equipment on the side and Corey jogging on the treadmill.
Suddenly, Christopher walked over and increased the speed and incline of the treadmill, and Corey couldn't keep up and didn't last long before he fell......
（Corey从跑步机摔了下去）
Christopher didn't relent, and instead of turning back to speed and incline, Christopher forcibly pulled Corey off the floor and threw it back at the treadmill:
(Christopher重新把儿子拽上跑步机并狠咬他的头)
Corey didn't give up even when the running belt twisted his body, and bit his head hard with his teeth, as if to vent his anger......
（Corey身体向后弯曲）
Corey had to get back on the treadmill, but she didn't run a few steps before she fell again......
(Corey falls for the second time)
Under his father's watchful eye, he struggled to get up and stepped back on the machine, only to be thrown out in an instant.
After four falls in a row, Christopher seemed to have finally awakened one of his few consciences, let Corey go to rest, and ended his inhumane weight loss training......
（Corey又连摔了四次）
But the damage caused to Corey by this incident was not easily erased.
Corey was co-raised by Christopher and her mother, Breanna Micciolo. A few days after the gym incident, the mother noticed a lot of bruises on her son's body, including a strangely shaped indentation on his forehead, and similar abrasions on his chest.
Then on April 1, he took Corey to the hospital, and Corey told the doctor that his father thought he was too fat and took him to the treadmill.
But before child protection and doctors could help, Corey's condition suddenly deteriorated the next day, April 2...... After waking up from a nap, he inexplicably slurred his speech, stumbled on his walk, and suffered from symptoms such as nausea and shortness of breath.
Christopher hurriedly sent him to the hospital, but Corey began to have seizures again during the CT scan, and the medical staff immediately rescued him, but unfortunately, after a series of painful tortures such as intubation, cardiac arrest, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and cardiac arrest again, Corey was still not rescued and passed away at about 5 pm......
（死者Corey Micciolo）
The medical examiner quickly performed an autopsy on him and preliminarily determined that the cause of death was blunt force injury, heart and liver contusion, as well as acute inflammation and sepsis.
In July 2021, police reviewed surveillance footage from the gym and found Christopher forcing Corey to run, arresting him on child abuse charges, which Christopher vehemently denied......
Two months later, another forensic expert reviewed the case and formally identified Corey's death as homicide, and found evidence that Corey had been abused for a long time, suffering acute heart trauma between 4 and 12 hours before his death, in addition to the external injuries on his body......
This was corroborated by other statements, with Corey's grandmother saying that Christopher had left Corey overnight despite her objections, only to return the next day with blood on her shirt and mouth.
Christopher的某位前女友也告诉警方,她曾亲眼看到Christopher在捕蟹时发怒,将Corey从船上扔了下去,事后掩饰地说这只是在"激烈地玩耍"。
Christopher has been held in Ocean City Prison without parole since March 2022 on charges of first-degree murder in addition to child abuse.
（Christopher Gregor）
终于在本周二,Christopher出庭受审。
For the first time in court, the video of the gym was shown publicly, and the mother, Breanna Micciolo, burst into tears after seeing her young son fall to the ground multiple times:
(母亲Breanna Micciolo忍不住在法庭落泪)
Netizens are also heartbroken and sad:
"It was heartbreaking that the poor boy did his best to please his father. ”
(From dailymail comment section)
"I was so angry to see that I was in tears...... How can a father do such a thing to his own children. I'll never understand. He should be sentenced to death......"
(From dailymail comment section)
Only the real culprit Christopher always had a cold face, and there was not the slightest distress and remorse in his eyes......
(Christopher Gregor观看健身房视频)
His attitude has not changed, and he still refuses to admit his guilt. Even if what was done was in front of him, his lawyer insisted that Corey did not die at the hands of his father, from gym training, but from a sepsis infection.
Prosecutors refuted the claim, arguing that it was Christopher's long-term abuse that left the child with injuries that left him tragically dead after nearly two weeks of agony.
At present, the case has not yet been concluded and is still pending......
Christopher had previously rejected a plea deal (which would require a 30-year prison sentence if agreed) and would face him life in prison if convicted.
(现年31岁的Christopher Gregor)
That's the last thing he wants to face, but it's also the most deserving......