In a tragic turn of events, an Arkansas mother took her own life within a day of finalizing her divorce from her abusive husband, who is a doctor. Her young twins were discovered deceased beside her, victims of murder.
The Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office revealed the cause of Charity Beallis’ death on Wednesday, nearly three months following the incident in December 2025, as reported by the River Valley Democrat Gazette.
According to the sheriff’s office, Beallis had hoped for a reconciliation with her husband, a desire that remained unfulfilled, as noted by 5news.
Details regarding the deaths of her six-year-old twins, Maverick and Eliana, remain scarce, with authorities yet to confirm if their demise was part of a murder-suicide. Further updates are anticipated.
The mother and her children were found in their expansive $750,000 Colonial-style residence in Bonanza, shortly after Charity had completed her divorce from Dr. Randall Beallis, aged 56.
Previously, Randall Beallis had been convicted of battery for assaulting Charity in front of their children, as he had admitted to strangling her.
Beallis’s previous wife also died from a gunshot wound in 2012, though her death was ruled a suicide.
Court records show Charity had been seeking full custody of the twins and had obtained a protective order against Beallis, citing his history of abuse.
Beallis is seen were her six-year-old twin children, Maverick and Eliana. All three were found shot to death on December 3
The horrifying discovery was made at the Beallis’ $750,000 home in Bonanza, Arkansas
The details of the custody ruling were not made public, but Beallis’s attorney told the Mail that 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 Beallis, 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 told the Daily Mail.
‘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.’
Court records show Charity obtained a restraining order against Beallis in February 2025 after he attacked her at home. She filed for divorce the following month and Beallis later pleaded guilty to domestic battery, receiving a suspended sentence.
Powell and Charity’s father, Randy Powell, have both said they do not believe 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 the younger Powell.
‘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.’
Beallis, seen here, was convicted last year of battery after admitting to strangling Charity in front of their children
Court records show Charity obtained a restraining order against Beallis in February 2025 after he attacked her at home, she is seen here alongside her twin children
Three days after they were found dead, 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 remains unclear how the items came to be discarded.
Investigators with Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office also called the discovery a ‘red flag’ but declined to elaborate further.
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, records first obtained by 5News show.
In January 2018, the board reprimanded Beallis for prescribing opioid medication to Charity following a surgery – conduct he later acknowledged was inappropriate. He faced no disciplinary action.
The board reviewed Beallis again in February 2021 following a dispute involving Charity’s son, John Powell, in which Beallis and Charity were accused of slashing the teenager’s truck tires with knives during an argument.
Court records show Charity had been seeking full custody of the twins and had obtained a protective order against Beallis
Randy Powell, pictured right alongside his grandson John Powell. John said his mother was petrified of Beallis
Beallis later pleaded no contest to misdemeanor criminal mischief and received a suspended sentence. The medical board again took no action.
Beallis appeared before the board again in 2025 after Charity filed domestic abuse charges, claiming he attacked her in front of their children.
In written responses, Beallis denied the allegations, saying the incident stemmed from a dispute over her phone and insisting he never choked or strangled her.
He later pleaded guilty to third-degree battery and was issued a suspended sentence.
No disciplinary action had been taken against Beallis by the time Charity and the children were found dead. State records show his medical license remains active and is due to expire in February 2027.
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