A slain mom alerted a politician that she feared for her life not long before the bodies of her and her two young children were found in her Arkansas home.
Charity Beallis explained to State Senator Terry Rice (R, AK) that she was fearful for her life and the lives of her twins at some time earlier this year as she battled with her estranged and violent husband for custody, the senator told News 5.
Rice put Charity in touch with different resources available through the Arkansas State Police Crimes Against Children Division, the senator said.
Charity Beallis said she feared for her life not long before the bodies of her and her two young children were found in her Arkansas home. Facebook
The slain mom said her anxiety over what her estranged husband, Dr. Randall Beallis, might do to her and the kids amid their bitter divorce battle was so acute that she went to speak to her state senator. FacebookPolice were called to the family’s $760,000 house in Bonanza, Arkansas, near the Oklahoma border, on Dec. 3 for a welfare check.
There, they found the bodies of Charity, 40, and her twin son and daughter, 6, dead from gunshot wounds.
Charity had been separated from her ex-husband since March this year, when the prominent doctor choked his wife at their home and was arrested for domestic violence.
He pleaded guilty to the charge and was handed a one-year suspended sentence, and ordered to pay more than $1,500 in court fees.
Dr. Randall Beallis was arrested earlier this year for domestic violence after he choked his wife at their home. Sebastian CountyCharity was seeking full custody of the children under the divorce settlement, court documents show.
Just a day before their bodies were found, Charity had gone to a divorce hearing at the Sebastian County Courthouse, where Randall had been awarded joint custody of the kids.
Cops have not yet made any arrests or said anything about potential suspects in the case.
On Dec. 3, a day after the discovery of the three bodies, Dr. Beallis’s attorney filed a motion to dismiss the divorce case because “the plaintiff passed away,” according to online court records cited by 5News.
Following Beallis’ discussion with State Senator Terry Rice, the politician put her in touch with different resources available through the Arkansas State Police Crimes Against Children Division. FacebookThe couple married in 2015 but had stopped living together in February of this year, according to online divorce records.
In August, Charity described her “battle” with her husband in a comment under an unrelated 5News Facebook post.
“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,” she wrote.
Charity had “tried to reach Prosecuting Attorney Daniel Shue, but he won’t even accept a letter from me,” she wrote.
“My voice, as the victim, has been shut out. This is not just about me — this is about a system that protects offenders and rejects victims. Lives are at stake, including the lives of young children,” she wrote.
Charity had fought to keep her and her children safe from her estranged husband for almost a year, her oldest son, John Powell, said.
“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.
He added that his mom would have fought “tooth and nail” to protect her children, which may be why she was reportedly shot twice.
“She went out with a fight,” he added.
“I’m scared to death for my life at this point,” Powell said.
Dr. Beallis’s attorney and Shue did not respond immediately to requests for comment.
