An Arkansas mother in the midst of a divorce from her husband, arrested for domestic violence earlier this year, has been found dead, along with her two children.
According to a Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) media release, dispatch received a call on Wednesday for a welfare check at a home in Bonanza. SCSO, along with the Bonanza police, arrived at a home located in the 1100 block of 1st Avenue around 9:30 a.m.
When law enforcement entered the home, they found Charity Beallis, 40, and two children with gunshot wounds. All three victims were determined to be deceased, the release stated.
The bodies have been taken to the Arkansas Crime Lab for an autopsy to determine the official cause of death.
Charity had filed for divorce from her husband, Dr. Randall Beallis, in March. The divorce filings came less than a month after Dr. Beallis had been arrested for reportedly strangling Charity, which is said to have happened in front of her children, according to 5NEWS.
5NEWS confirmed that on Tuesday, the estranged couple’s final divorce hearing was held at the Sebastian County Courthouse in Fort Smith.
On Thursday, Dr. Beallis’s attorney filed a motion to dismiss the divorce case.
Charity was reportedly fighting for full custody of the couple’s twins, based on Dr. Beallis’s arrest for aggravated assault on a family member, third-degree domestic battery, and two counts of third-degree endangering the welfare of a minor.
Dr. Beallis reached an agreement and pleaded guilty to third-degree battery on October 9, 2025.
Charity told Senator Rice earlier this year that she feared for her and her children’s lives, 5NEWS reported.
KNWA reported that Randy Powell, Charity’s father, reportedly was told by his daughter that she knew her ex-husband was going to kill her.
Randy Powell believes his daughter’s murder was for Dr. Beallis’s financial gain, and that is why he filed for the divorce dismissal. If Dr. Beallis is granted the dismissal, he would get all that Charity won in the divorce.
Randy Powell is facing a mixture of emotions over the deaths.
“One moment I’ll be crying, and the next minute I’m mad. I don’t even know how to explain it,” Powell said. “I never expected to ever have to go through something like this in my life.”
Both Randy Powell and Charity’s older son, John Powell, 24, expressed the love Charity had for her children and knew that she fought.
“My mother fought for nine months, the last nine months, to save her life and those babies, and nothing happened,” John Powell said. “Now all three of them are dead.”
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