ONANZA, ARKANSAS – A bitter legal dispute has ended in a horrific triple tragedy. Authorities discovered the bodies of a mother and her 6-year-old twins shot dead inside their $760,000 mansion just one day after a judge issued a final ruling in her divorce from her doctor husband.
A Tragic Timeline
The bodies of Charity Beallis, 40, and her two children were found on December 3 during a welfare check at their home near the Oklahoma border. The discovery came just 24 hours after a final divorce hearing at the Sebastian County Courthouse.
According to court documents, Charity’s estranged husband, Dr. Randall Beallis, was awarded joint custody of the children at that hearing. Charity had filed for divorce in March and was seeking full custody following a domestic violence incident.
"Shielded by the System"
Dr. Beallis had previously been arrested in March for choking Charity at their home. He pleaded guilty to domestic violence, received a one-year suspended sentence, and was ordered to pay court fees.
In August, Charity posted a haunting comment online about her struggle. "I am the victim, yet I’ve been treated like the problem while the criminal — a local doctor — is being shielded by the very system that’s supposed to protect us," she wrote. She warned, "Lives are at stake, including the lives of young children."
Investigation Underway
Dr. Beallis's attorney, Michael Pierce, released a statement saying the doctor has been "cooperative with law enforcement" and hopes investigators find the truth about what happened to his family.
As of now, no arrests have been explicitly announced regarding the triple homicide, but authorities are continuing their investigation into the timeline surrounding the divorce hearing and the deaths.
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