According to the Ocean County Prosecutors Office, A father from Middlesex County has been charged with the murder of his 6-year-old son, who was in his care in Barnegat at the time of his death in April.
Christopher Gregor, 29, of Monroe, had already been charged in the case with child endangerment. According to a joint statement by Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer and Barnegat Police Chief Keith Germain, an expert witness's review for the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office and further investigation led to the homicide charge.
Gregor was arrested on Wednesday and is being held at Toms River's Ocean County Jail.
After the boy's death on April 2, 2021, Stafford police officers proceeded to Southern Ocean Medical Center. The child's name was not released, but his obituary identified him as Gregor's son, Corey T. Micciolo of Englishtown.