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Arkansas mother, Charity Beallis, killed herself and her six-year-old twins after doctor husband refused to halt divorce proceedings and was awarded joint custody

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f111db57d78d9460e7bbadee7981c3fa" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;220606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Charity Beallis&comma; 40&comma; and her twins&comma; Eliana and Maverick&comma; were found dead inside their mansion in Bonanza&comma; Ark&period;&comma; by deputies in Dec&period; 2025 <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-eccb22d169cd7a849bb2572b988ec1d7" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;220606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>Autopsy report released Wednesday found<&sol;strong> the Arkansas mother shot her six-year-old twins&comma; <strong>Maverick and Elian<&sol;strong>a&comma; before killing herself <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-44e04e923ab922e6bbe828aa656a5764" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;220606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Double homicide-suicide happened a day after her doctor husband&comma; was granted joint custody on Dec&period; 2&comma; and refused to halt their divorce &&num;8211&semi; which was then finalized<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-239c5bf0f208f0789f267840644c0244" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;220606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Ten months earlier Charity filed a domestic battery case against Dr Randy Beallis<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7acec6b9028eade7588a04017c1ada7e" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;220606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The 57-year-old family practitioner was given a suspended sentence after he admitted to strangling his wife in front of their children <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-12879e98ca2c8cea73123d9553139046" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;220606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The doctor&&num;8217&semi;s previous wife died in 2012 from a gunshot wound&comma; that was also ruled a suicide <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-977334fac79a944007002fbd532418e6" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;220606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Charity&&num;8217&semi;s adult son from a previous relationship&comma; as well as her father do not believe she would have been capable of harming her children <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;03&sol;Charity-Beallis-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-494480" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Charity Beallis&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; and her six-year-old twins were found dead inside her home in Bonanza&comma; Arkansas&comma; on December 3&comma; 2025 <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>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&period;<br>An autopsy report released on Wednesday found that Charity Beallis&comma; 40&comma; killed her twins&comma; Eliana and Maverick&comma; shortly after the court had awarded her husband&comma; Randy&comma; 56&comma; joint custody&period; <br>The trio found dead by gunshot wounds inside their &dollar;750&comma;000 home in Bonanza by sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s deputies in December 3&comma; a day after Dr&period; Randy Beallis&comma; 57&comma; was granted joint custody&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;We were not surprised by the findings in the autopsy&comma; as we knew that Mr&period; Beallis was not responsible for the death of his wife&comma; nor his children&comma;&&num;8217&semi; his attorney&comma; Michael Pierce&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;arkansasonline&period;com&sol;news&sol;2026&sol;mar&sol;04&sol;beallis-killed-herself-and-2-children-sebastian&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" class&equals;"">said<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;03&sol;Charity-Beallis-with-her-twins-Maverick-and-Eliana-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-494464" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Autopsies found that Charity Beallis had killed her twins Maverick and Eliana&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; before turning the gun on herself in the midst of a contested divorce and custody battle with her estranged husband&comma; Dr&period; Randy Beallis<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The sheriff&&num;8217&semi;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&period;<br>Randy was awarded joint custody on December 2 after a full-day court hearing&comma; where Charity represented herself&period;<br>She had been court-ordered to bring her small children to Randy on December 5&comma; but the night of the court hearing&comma; she took her children&&num;8217&semi;s lives and her own&period; <br>The suicide ruling parallels the case of the doctor&&num;8217&semi;s previous wife who also died from a gunshot wound in 2012&period; Her death was also ruled a suicide&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;03&sol;Randy-Beallis-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-494466" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>The murder-suicide took place the day after the court ordered her estranged husband&comma; Dr Randy Beallis&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma;be given joint custody&period; Investigators said the evidence show that he was not in the vicinity of the killings at the time <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Although Randy Beallis has previously been convicted on domestic battery charges after admitting last year to strangling Charity in front of their children&comma; deputies who discovered their bodies the day after the court ruling using a key to gain access to the home&comma; later determined that Charity had &&num;8216&semi;exclusive access&&num;8217&semi; to the home and that no doors or windows had not been opened after she deactivated the alarm on her phone at 10pm&period; <br>Furthermore Randy Beallis&&num;8217&semi; Tesla was also not in the vicinity of the murder&period; His phone did not ping off any cell towers in the area either&comma; investigators said&period; <br>Court records show Charity had been seeking full custody of the twins and had obtained a protective order against Randy&comma; citing his history of abuse&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;03&sol;Charity-Beallis-with-her-twins-Maverick-and-Eliana-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-494477" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>When Charity Beallis filed for divorce she asked for sole custody because her estranged husband had been abusive in front of their children&period; She failed to prove he was abusive and could not get sole custody <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The details of the custody ruling were not made public&period; According to Charity&&num;8217&semi;s attorney&comma; she failed in that effort and that a judge awarded joint custody at the final hearing on December 2&period;<br>In her final text exchange with her older son&comma; John Powell&comma; Charity voiced hope for a future away from Randy&comma; beyond the years of abuse her family claims she was forced to endure&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;She was going to move somewhere else&comma; get a good job and let the kids have a good life&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Powell previously revealed&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Then she wanted to hopefully one day become a good grandmother and just enjoy the things that any normal family would want&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>Powell claimed that in the months before her death&comma; Charity confided numerous times that she was &&num;8216&semi;terrified&&num;8217&semi; of her husband&period;<br>She was always worrying about something happening&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period; &&num;8216&semi;She was fighting so hard to protect her kids&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;03&sol;John-Powell-left-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-494468" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>John Powell &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; Charity&&num;8217&semi;s older child from a previous relationship&comma; <strong>disagrees that his m<&sol;strong>om killed his younger siblings&period; She was terrified of her husband his said&period; His grandfather Randy Powell&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; does not believe his daughter would have been capable of harming her children <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Court records show Charity obtained a restraining order against Randy in February 2025&comma; after he attacked her at home&period; She filed for divorce the following month and Randy later received a suspended sentence&comma; after pleading guilty to domestic battery&period;<br>John Powell and his grandfather&comma; Randy Powell&comma; both expressed disbelief that Charity would have been capable of harming her children&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I can&&num;8217&semi;t picture my mom shooting with a gun and killing my little brother and sister at six years old&comma;&&num;8217&semi; said John&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;She was terrified&comma; 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&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;03&sol;Arkansas-home-where-Charity-Beallis-killed-her-twins-Maverick-and-Eliana-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-494467" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>She and the children were found shot dead inside their &dollar;750&comma;000 home in Bonanza&comma; Ark&period;&comma; on December 3&comma; 2025&period; Their deaths have been ruled murder-suicide <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Three days after they were the tragedy was discovered&comma; a dumpster diver sifting through trash 15 miles away in Fort Smith found a garbage bag filled with Charity&&num;8217&semi;s belongings and other intimate family keepsakes&comma; including photos and a gold necklace engraved with the kids&&num;8217&semi; names&period;<br>It mystery behind the items traveling to that distance has is yet to be resolved&comma; but investigators with Sebastian County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Office described the discovery as a &&num;8216&semi;red flag&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br>Records show that Dr Randy Beallis&comma; a family practitioner licensed in Arkansas for nearly two decades&comma; has faced multiple complaints involving his family&comma; which were reviewed by the Arkansas State Medical Board&period;<br>In January 2018&comma; the board reprimanded Randy for prescribing opioid medication to Charity following a surgery&comma; conduct he later acknowledged was inappropriate&comma; although he faced no disciplinary action&period;<br>The board reviewed Randy again in February 2021 following a dispute involving Charity&&num;8217&semi;s son&comma; John Powell&comma; in which Randy and Charity were accused of slashing the teenager&&num;8217&semi;s truck tires with knives during an argument&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;03&sol;Randy-Beallis-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-494473" style&equals;"width&colon;830px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Randy Beallis was charged in Feb&comma; 2025 with aggravated assault on a family member&comma; third-degree domestic battery and two counts of third-degree endangering the welfare of a minor after Charity filed domestic abuse charges&period; He pled guilty to third-degree battery <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Randy later pled no contest to misdemeanor criminal mischief and received a suspended sentence&comma; albeit with no sanction issued by the state medical board&period;<br>Again in 2025&comma; the doctor appeared before the medical board after Charity filed domestic abuse charges&comma; claiming her husband attacked her in front of their children&period;<br>He was <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;inmate&period;sebastiancountyar&period;gov&sol;NewWorld&period;InmateInquiry&sol;AR0660000&sol;Inmate&sol;Detail&sol;-118502">initially charged<&sol;a> with aggravated assault on a family member&comma; third-degree domestic battery and two counts of third-degree endangering the welfare of a minor&period;<br>In written responses&comma; Randy denied the allegations&comma; saying the incident stemmed from a dispute over her phone and insisting he never choked or strangled her&period; However when he later pled guilty to third-degree battery in the case&comma; he was handed a suspended sentence&comma; sans disciplinary action by the board&period;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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