Charity Beallis, 40, and her twins, Eliana and Maverick, were found dead inside their mansion in Bonanza, Ark., by deputies in Dec. 2025

Autopsy report released Wednesday found the Arkansas mother shot her six-year-old twins, Maverick and Eliana, before killing herself

Double homicide-suicide happened a day after her doctor husband, was granted joint custody on Dec. 2, and refused to halt their divorce – which was then finalized

Ten months earlier Charity filed a domestic battery case against Dr Randy Beallis

The 57-year-old family practitioner was given a suspended sentence after he admitted to strangling his wife in front of their children

The doctor’s previous wife died in 2012 from a gunshot wound, that was also ruled a suicide

Charity’s adult son from a previous relationship, as well as her father do not believe she would have been capable of harming her children

Charity Beallis, [photo], and her six-year-old twins were found dead inside her home in Bonanza, Arkansas, on December 3, 2025 

The death of an Arkansas mother and her six-year-old twins whom deputies found unresponsive inside their home in Arkansas last December has been ruled a double homicide-suicide.
An autopsy report released on Wednesday found that Charity Beallis, 40, killed her twins, Eliana and Maverick, shortly after the court had awarded her husband, Randy, 56, joint custody. 
The trio found dead by gunshot wounds inside their $750,000 home in Bonanza by sheriff’s deputies in December 3, a day after Dr. Randy Beallis, 57, was granted joint custody.
‘We were not surprised by the findings in the autopsy, as we knew that Mr. Beallis was not responsible for the death of his wife, nor his children,’ his attorney, Michael Pierce, said.

Autopsies found that Charity Beallis had killed her twins Maverick and Eliana, [photo], before turning the gun on herself in the midst of a contested divorce and custody battle with her estranged husband, Dr. Randy Beallis

The sheriff’s office also said that Charity wished to reconcile with her husband and that the three were found dead less than 24 hours after he refused and the divorce was finalized.
Randy was awarded joint custody on December 2 after a full-day court hearing, where Charity represented herself.
She had been court-ordered to bring her small children to Randy on December 5, but the night of the court hearing, she took her children’s lives and her own. 
The suicide ruling parallels the case of the doctor’s previous wife who also died from a gunshot wound in 2012. Her death was also ruled a suicide. 

The murder-suicide took place the day after the court ordered her estranged husband, Dr Randy Beallis, [photo],be given joint custody. Investigators said the evidence show that he was not in the vicinity of the killings at the time 

Although Randy Beallis has previously been convicted on domestic battery charges after admitting last year to strangling Charity in front of their children, deputies who discovered their bodies the day after the court ruling using a key to gain access to the home, later determined that Charity had ‘exclusive access’ to the home and that no doors or windows had not been opened after she deactivated the alarm on her phone at 10pm. 
Furthermore Randy Beallis’ Tesla was also not in the vicinity of the murder. His phone did not ping off any cell towers in the area either, investigators said. 
Court records show Charity had been seeking full custody of the twins and had obtained a protective order against Randy, citing his history of abuse. 

When Charity Beallis filed for divorce she asked for sole custody because her estranged husband had been abusive in front of their children. She failed to prove he was abusive and could not get sole custody

The details of the custody ruling were not made public. According to Charity’s attorney, she failed in that effort and that a judge awarded joint custody at the final hearing on December 2.
In her final text exchange with her older son, John Powell, Charity voiced hope for a future away from Randy, beyond the years of abuse her family claims she was forced to endure.
‘She was going to move somewhere else, get a good job and let the kids have a good life,’ Powell previously revealed.
‘Then she wanted to hopefully one day become a good grandmother and just enjoy the things that any normal family would want.’
Powell claimed that in the months before her death, Charity confided numerous times that she was ‘terrified’ of her husband.
She was always worrying about something happening,’ he said. ‘She was fighting so hard to protect her kids.’

John Powell [left], Charity’s older child from a previous relationship, disagrees that his mom killed his younger siblings. She was terrified of her husband his said. His grandfather Randy Powell, [right], does not believe his daughter would have been capable of harming her children 

Court records show Charity obtained a restraining order against Randy in February 2025, after he attacked her at home. She filed for divorce the following month and Randy later received a suspended sentence, after pleading guilty to domestic battery.
John Powell and his grandfather, Randy Powell, both expressed disbelief that Charity would have been capable of harming her children.
‘I can’t picture my mom shooting with a gun and killing my little brother and sister at six years old,’ said John.
‘She was terrified, and she was hoping that she could get out of there safe and go on with her life to become the person she always wanted to be.’

She and the children were found shot dead inside their $750,000 home in Bonanza, Ark., on December 3, 2025. Their deaths have been ruled murder-suicide 

Three days after they were the tragedy was discovered, a dumpster diver sifting through trash 15 miles away in Fort Smith found a garbage bag filled with Charity’s belongings and other intimate family keepsakes, including photos and a gold necklace engraved with the kids’ names.
It mystery behind the items traveling to that distance has is yet to be resolved, but investigators with Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office described the discovery as a ‘red flag’.
Records show that Dr Randy Beallis, a family practitioner licensed in Arkansas for nearly two decades, has faced multiple complaints involving his family, which were reviewed by the Arkansas State Medical Board.
In January 2018, the board reprimanded Randy for prescribing opioid medication to Charity following a surgery, conduct he later acknowledged was inappropriate, although he faced no disciplinary action.
The board reviewed Randy again in February 2021 following a dispute involving Charity’s son, John Powell, in which Randy and Charity were accused of slashing the teenager’s truck tires with knives during an argument.

Randy Beallis was charged in Feb, 2025 with aggravated assault on a family member, third-degree domestic battery and two counts of third-degree endangering the welfare of a minor after Charity filed domestic abuse charges. He pled guilty to third-degree battery

Randy later pled no contest to misdemeanor criminal mischief and received a suspended sentence, albeit with no sanction issued by the state medical board.
Again in 2025, the doctor appeared before the medical board after Charity filed domestic abuse charges, claiming her husband attacked her in front of their children.
He was initially charged with aggravated assault on a family member, third-degree domestic battery and two counts of third-degree endangering the welfare of a minor.
In written responses, Randy denied the allegations, saying the incident stemmed from a dispute over her phone and insisting he never choked or strangled her. However when he later pled guilty to third-degree battery in the case, he was handed a suspended sentence, sans disciplinary action by the board.