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(NewsNation) — After a four-week trial and astir 3 and a fractional years since the decease of 6-year-old Corey Micciolo, his begetter volition beryllium sentenced Friday for his son’s death.
At the extremity of May, a assemblage recovered New Jersey father Christopher Gregor blameworthy of aggravated manslaughter and kid endangerment successful the decease of his 6-year-old son, who helium forced to bash abusive treadmill workouts.
Treadmill abuse
Gregor, 31, was initially charged with first-degree execution and endangerment of the payment of a kid stemming from surveillance video from the gym successful his flat analyzable that showed Gregor forcing his lad to tally astatine precocious speeds connected a treadmill successful March 2021.
The video shows Gregor continually expanding the treadmill's speed, causing his lad to autumn disconnected the workout instrumentality astir six times.
Footage from surveillance video of Christopher Gregor, 31, forcing his son, Corey Micciolo, to tally connected a treadmill. In this image, Micciolo tin beryllium seen post-fall. At 1 point, Gregor tin beryllium seen connected video appearing to wound the kid successful the caput retired of frustration.
Corey Micciolo died a fewer days aboriginal owed to blunt unit trauma and lacerations to his bosom and liver, according to autopsy reports.
The 6-year-old's mother, Breanna Micciolo, said she reported suspected maltreatment much than 100 times successful 18 months, but nary enactment was taken earlier the child’s death.
The authoritative alleged the kid died from injuries sustained by the father’s abuse, and the assemblage agreed.
The assemblage convicted him of the lesser discourtesy of aggravated manslaughter.
Mother speaks up of Christopher Gregor's sentencing
On Thursday, Breanna Micciolo posted a photograph of her lad connected Facebook, saying she misses him each time and that she yet completed her unfortunate interaction connection for Friday's sentencing.
"Miss you each day, babe boy," she wrote. "Finally finished my unfortunate interaction statement. It took everlastingly due to the fact that I rewrote it truthful galore times. Nothing feels close and thing feels enough. I conscionable privation to shriek the full time. But I cognize that this is important and I privation him to get the maximum condemnation truthful I request to bash it the close way.”
Ahead of Friday's sentencing, a radical of Corey Micciolo supporters are expected to stitchery extracurricular the courthouse astatine 10:30 a.m. ET for 1 past vigil.
Gregor faces up to 30 years successful situation for the aggravated manslaughter complaint and a maximum of 10 years for the kid endangerment charge.
If the justice finds the facts successful this lawsuit peculiarly egregious and is compelled by the unfortunate interaction statements, the 31-year-old could get consecutive sentences, which means helium would service the sentences backmost to backmost for a full of 40 years successful prison.
According to New Jersey laws, Gregor volition beryllium required to service astatine slightest 85% of his condemnation earlier being considered for parole. His sentencing is scheduled to commencement astatine 1:30 p.m. ET.
NewsNation's Safia Samee Ali and Rich McHugh contributed to this report.
