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A New Jersey father accused of abusing his son to death was seen in haunting surveillance footage carrying his son's limp body through hospital hours before he died.
Christopher Gregor, 31, is standing trial over the murder of his son Corey Micciolo, 6, who was allegedly beaten and abused for months before he died via blunt force trauma in April 2021.
In footage shared in his trial Friday, Gregor was seen carrying his son through Southern Ocean Medical Center, after the six-year-old reportedly woke up from a nap dazed, confused and nauseous.
Gregor is accused of battering his son causing his death, with separate footage shared at his trial showing him forcing his son to repeatedly run and fall from a speeding treadmill.
Harrowing hospital footage captured the moment Christopher Gregor carried his son Corey Micciolo, 6, into hospital on the day he died in April 2021
Gregor, 31, is facing murder charges over the 2021 death of his six-year-old son. Prosecutors claim he abused the boy to death and would routinely beat and humiliate him
The initial autopsy revealed that Corey died as a result of blunt force injuries across his body, alongside cardiac and liver contusions with inflammation and sepsis
In the footage from the hospital, Corey appeared unconscious as he was hurried to the front desk by his father.
According to court testimony from William Doyle, the nurse on duty at the time, Corey was taking 'dire, almost end-of-life breaths,' as he was admitted to hospital.
Doyle said Corey 'was not showing any signs that he was verbal', and slumped his head back when he was examined by doctors, reports the Asbury Park Press.
He described panic inside the hospital as medics tried to save the boy's life, branding it an 'all-hands-on-deck situation.'
A forensic pathologist later ruled that Corey's death was a homicide caused by blunt force trauma, however Gregor's attorneys argue his son actually died from pneumonia.
When a CT scan was administered to Corey, he also suffered a seizure. Frantic attempts to save his life were tragically unsuccessful, and he died hours later at around 5pm.
It comes amid revelations the New Jersey father only met Corey a year before he allegedly abused him to death.
Amid outrage over the treadmill footage, archived text messages from the boy's mother allege to show him coldly brushing off his treatment of the child.
After she texted him about how he 'hurt (Corey's) feelings', Gregor responded: 'Maybe he needs to be a little tougher because that's soft tissue.'
Archived text messages alleged to be between Corey's mother and Christopher showed a callous response to being told he made his son cry
In the alleged texts, Christopher said his son was being 'overemotional' and he 'needs to be a little tougher'
Corey's mother shared sickening images of the abuse she claims was inflicted by the father, including black eyes and bruises across his body
It is unclear when Gregor and Corey's mother Breanna Micciolo - who testified at his trial this week - first met, however he was reportedly not in the boy's life until he reached five-years-old.
On their first meeting, Corey allegedly returned home to his mother with a 'busted lip', reports Jersey Shore Online.
Micciolo didn't believe Gregor's excuse that he accidentally kicked their son while playing soccer, but said a DCPP caseworker accepted it and didn't investigate.
For over a year after that first meeting, she claims that Corey was routinely abused by Gregor, and reportedly suspected the father was using as treadmill as a punishment tool during their visitations.
During that time, his LinkedIn profile says he worked as a realtor and math teacher, with his past work experience also including volunteering at mental health hotline Crisis Text Line for six months in 2015.
Before his arrest, Gregor lived at a sprawling New Jersey estate valued at over $1 million, online records show.
Micciolo set up a Facebook group after Corey's death in April 2021 called 'Justice for Corey', where she shared harrowing pictures of Corey's injuries while claiming child protective services ignored her pleas for help.
In text messages Micciolo shared to the Facebook group around six months after Corey's death, Gregor was seen coldly responding to being told he made his son cry.
Corey's mother Breanna Micciolo was the first to take the stand as a witness in court on this week, where she broke down in tears while detailing the alleged abuse
Corey Micciolo, died in 2021 after years of alleged abuse, with a forensic pathologist ruling he died due to blunt force trauma
Micciolo claims despite showing a trove of images and videos of her son's injuries,
