Update, 12:30 p.m. Friday: The homicide trial in Unalaska is set to stretch into its third week.

The 15-person jury was seated by Tuesday, and they’ve now sat through three days of testimony about a 2012 fight that left a man dead outside a local bunkhouse.

Leonardo Bongolto, Jr., and Denison Soria are facing second-degree murder and first-degree assault charges in the death of Jonathan Adams. The three men worked together at Bering Fisheries when the fight occurred, almost three years ago.

The nine men and six women of the jury heard from the state prosecutor and defense attorneys this week, plus an eyewitness and police who were involved in the case.

Attorneys aren’t questioning whether the fight occurred. Instead, they’re focusing on whether Bongolto and Soria intended for Adams to die -- and what roles they played in the fight.

The state has tried to paint Adams’ death as the result of a two-on-one beating -- while defense attorneys say their clients never meant to cause Adams serious harm. And Soria’s attorney has claimed his client was far less involved in the fight than charges suggest.

Attorneys spent the past few days arguing about the credibility of the eyewitness, Morgann Machalek. She spent about seven hours total on the stand, while attorneys pressed her for details and played tape of her call to public safety and interviews she gave to police after the fight.

Next week, attorneys will have more questions for police officers and the medical examiner who declared Adams dead. The trial reconvenes Monday morning at the Unalaska courthouse.

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Update, 5 p.m. Wednesday: Testimony began Wednesday in the jury trial of two men accused of beating a former coworker to death outside an Unalaska bunkhouse.

Leonardo Bongolto, Jr., 36, and Denison Soria, 42, are charged with second-degree murder and first-degree assault in the death of 55-year-old Jonathan Adams in Feb. 2012.

The three men were seafood processors at Bering Fisheries at the time, living in bunkhouses on Gilman Road.

A 15-person jury heard opening arguments at Unalaska’s courthouse Wednesday morning. State prosecutor James Fayette argued that Bongolto and Soria woke Adams up to start a fight over "petty bunkhouse things." Fayette said it turned into a "beating" that left Adams dead.

Fayette’s main witness also began her testimony Wednesday. Twenty-five-year-old Morgann Machalek called police about the fight back in Feb. 2012.

Machalek described Bongolto as the "primary aggressor." She said she saw Bongolto knock Adams out with a punch on the steps of his bunkhouse, then kick him again once he was down.

Machalek said Adams was facedown on the stairs with his neck at an odd angle as she called police. Adams was pronounced dead at the local clinic a short time later.

Machalek was on the verge of tears for most of her testimony on Wednesday. It’ll continue Thursday -- Fayette plans to have her show how the fight happened with live volunteers in the courtroom.

Defense attorneys, meanwhile, argued that the two men didn’t mean to cause Adams’ death, as the charges allege. Soria’s attorney, Paul Maslakowski, says Adams instigated what was a common fistfight between three men who’d been drinking.

Bongolto’s attorney, James Ferguson, called Adams’ death an accident.

"Getting in a fight where someone died and that’s not what you wanted -- that’s an unfortunate tragedy," Ferguson said in his opening statement.

The jury also heard testimony from the police dispatcher who answered Machalek’s call. They heard audio of that call, and saw pictures of Adams’ injuries and the bunkhouse where the fight took place.

Interpreters were on hand to translate the proceedings for Bongolto and Soria. The two men didn’t speak, but appeared slightly emotional as testimony wound down.

The jury will also hear from the medical examiner as the trial continues this week.

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• Trial Tests Unalaska's New Year-Long Jury Term (Sept. 8, 2014)
• Jury Pool Convenes for Homicide Trial (Sept. 2, 2014)
• Details Emerge in Homicide Case (March 2, 2012)