Tragedy has struck a small Arkansas town with a chilling reminder of the stakes in family disputes gone wrong.

In Bonanza, near the Oklahoma border, Charity Beallis, 40, and her 6-year-old twin children were found shot dead in their $760,000 home on Dec. 3, 2025, amid a heated divorce and custody fight with her estranged husband, Dr. Randall Beallis, the New York Post reported. 

The heartbreaking story began years ago when Charity and Randall married in 2015, building a life that would later unravel.

A Marriage Falls Apart Under Strain

By February 2025, the couple had separated, no longer sharing a home as tensions escalated.

In March 2025, Randall was arrested for domestic violence after an incident involving choking Charity at their residence.

He pleaded guilty, receiving a one-year suspended sentence and over $1,500 in court fees, a penalty some might argue was a mere slap on the wrist for such a serious act.

Custody Battle Turns Increasingly Bitter

Charity, determined to protect her twins, sought full custody through the divorce proceedings, according to court documents.

For nearly nine months, she fought to shield herself and her children from Randall, voicing her fears to anyone who would listen.

She even reached out to State Senator Terry Rice, a Republican, who connected her with resources through the Arkansas State Police Crimes Against Children Division, though it seems those efforts fell short.

Fears Ignored by a Flawed System?

In August 2025, Charity publicly aired her frustrations on a 5News Facebook post, lamenting a justice system she felt failed her.

“I’m living this battle right now. 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,” Charity wrote on the post.

Her words cut deep, exposing a bureaucracy that often seems more interested in procedure than people—hardly a shock to those of us skeptical of overreaching institutions.

Final Hearing and a Grim Discovery

On Dec. 2, 2025, Charity attended a divorce hearing at Sebastian County Courthouse, where Randall was granted joint custody, a ruling that likely crushed her hopes.

The very next day, police conducted a welfare check at her home, only to discover Charity and her twins lifeless from gunshot wounds.

Adding a cold footnote, Randall’s attorney filed a motion to dismiss the divorce case on Dec. 3, 2025, citing Charity’s death, per online court records reported by 5News—a move that feels like salt in an open wound.

A Son’s Anguish and Unanswered Questions

Charity’s oldest son, John Powell, spoke out about the loss, his pain raw and unfiltered.

“My mother fought for nine months, the last nine months, to save her life and them babies, and nothing happened. Now all three of them is dead,” Powell told KNWA.

His words echo a grim truth: when systems prioritize paperwork over protection, families pay the ultimate price, and no amount of progressive policy can paper over that failure.

What Now for Justice in Bonanza?

As of now, no arrests have been made, and police have yet to name suspects in this devastating case.

The silence from authorities is deafening, leaving a community—and a nation—wondering how such a tragedy could unfold after so many warnings.

Charity’s story isn’t just a personal loss; it’s a call to rethink how we handle domestic strife, without the usual woke platitudes that often cloud real solutions in favor of feel-good rhetoric.