FARMINGTON — Graphic details of a beating that investigators said caused the death of a 37-year-old man in Bountiful were presented during a preliminary hearing that was packed with family and friends of both the victim and the defendant.

Heneli Kalainisi Kaufusi, 35, of Bountiful,  appeared in 2nd District Court in Farmington on Wednesday, Feb. 10. He is charged with one count of murder, a first-degree felony, in the Oct. 14, 2015, death of Sione Mangisi of  Hawthorne, California. He is held at the Davis County Jail without bail.

Judge John Morris ruled there is sufficient evidence to move the case to a trial. A felony arraignment hearing is scheduled for Feb. 22. 

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Teresa Beauregard testified she and her husband were driving down Lexington Drive on their way to breakfast when they saw two men fighting. She called 911. 

“I saw a large man on top of a small man,” Beauragard said. She said she saw the large man punching the small man with his right hand and pinning the man with his left hand.

“He was large. He was angry. He was bloody,” Beauragard testified. 

The couple drove down the road two houses away and turned around. She said she could hear the large man shouting over and over, “F— you” as he punched the small man.

She said they pulled away because 911 told them to move a safe distance away, but still close enough so they could see what was going on.  

Also, “I was scared. I was scared we would be injured also,” Beauregard said. “I could see blood. On the ground and on the big man.” 

“He brought his knee to his chest and then brought his foot down,” she said. “I just wanted it to stop.”

Beauregard said the big man stomped on the smaller man six or eight times. 

A recording of her 911 call was played. Beauragard could be heard saying, “Oh my God, now’s he stomping on him. He’s going to kill him. He’s going to kill him.”   

After the beating, Beauregard said, the larger man took what looked like a cell phone out of his pocket and took a picture of the smaller man on the ground. 

She said she never saw the smaller man retaliate or try to defend himself,;he just tried to stand up and he staggered.

Bountiful Police Officer Michael Sheldon, the first officer at the scene, testified he saw two men standing in the street when he arrived.

His dash cam was played in the courtroom. Sheldon could be heard yelling at two men to get down on the ground.

He said he had to wait for backup before he could approach them, but he could see Mangisi’s face, which was so swollen he could not distinguish any features. 

When he approached Mangisi, the injured man asked for water, which indicated he was in critical condition,  Sheldon said.

Medical care was given to the man within 30 seconds by South Davis Metro Fire Agency paramedics. He was taken to a park by ambulance where a medical helicopter had landed, but he died before he could be transported to a trauma center. 

Sheldon said after Kaufusi was placed in custody, he asked officers to take care of two children who were inside his home.

Police Detective Lane Oberg explained to the court photographs detailing the crime scene, including those showing the bloody clothes Kaufusi was wearing and a black eye he had. 

Segments from a surveillance video provided by a neighbor were also shown. In one, a man stands up and staggers into the street and a larger man grabs him.

Close-up photographs detailing blood stains on the white Denali parked in front of Kaufusi’s home were also shown. Oberg said there were blood stains on the passenger’s side, the front of the Denali, and the driver’s side. There were also photographs of a large pool of blood on the grass and curb next to the SUV. 

Police also photographed Kaufusi’s shoes “because there was evidence of the same pattern on the victim,” Oberg said. “On his side and on his neck.” 

Assistant State Medical Examiner Dr. Pamela Ulmer detailed multiple injuries on Mangisi’s head, face and body, which included bruising, lacerations and fractures. Photos of the injuries were presented as evidence on a big screen, but it was turned so only the judge, Ulmer and the attorneys could see them.

She said the cause of death was blunt force injury. She also said that two pre-existing  hypertension and cardiovascular conditions may have contributed.  She said the manner of death was homicide. 

Police said Mangisi’s ex-wife and their three children lived at the Lexington Drive residence with Kaufusi.

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