Charity Beallis and her twins were found deceased inside their mansion home in Bonanza, AR on December 3rd, 2025 with gunshot wounds just one day after a divorce/custody hearing.
Arkansas State Crime Lab autopsies have now concluded that Beallis died by suicide, and her six-year-old twin children died by homicide.
Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office
Releases Update on Beallis Death Investigation
On 12-3-2025, SCSO responded to a residence on First Avenue in Bonanza, AR and began a death investigation. The deceased were Charity Beallis, 40, and her two children. Since that time SCSO has been working hard to uncover the facts.
The investigation is continuing, but here’s what we can share so far:
–The autopsy conducted by the Arkansas State Crime Lab has a conclusion of suicide for Mrs. Beallis and homicide for the two children.
–An examination of the transcripts of the deposition of Mrs. Beallis in the divorce/custody case and the final hearing on the case on 12-2-2025, reveal that she wished to be reconciled to her estranged husband, which did not happen. Mrs. Beallis, after being represented by four different attorneys, represented herself in the contested divorce/custody hearing. At the conclusion of the hearing, Mrs. Beallis was ordered to begin joint custody of her children with her estranged husband.
–Mrs. Beallis’ estranged husband was a driver of a Tesla electric vehicle at that time. Tesla has compiled location data on Tesla vehicles, and according to the information provided by Tesla, Mrs. Beallis’ estranged husband’s vehicle was not near the residence in Bonanza on the night in question. Also, the estranged husband’s phones did not “ping” any of the cell towers proximately related to Ms. Beallis’ location.
–Information from the home security alarm company shows the alarm was deactivated by Mrs. Beallis by her phone (she had exclusive access to the security system) at around 10 pm on the night in question. Even though deactivated, the alarm company was able to provide information showing no doors or windows to the home were opened during that time. When law enforcement arrived after 9:30 am on 12-3-2025, there were no doors or windows open, and they had to use a key to enter the home. SCSO rigorously tested the functioning of each door and window and found them to be operating properly.
The investigation is continuing as SCSO is still awaiting search warrant returns on electronic forensic searches on electronic devices. SCSO has not found any evidence thus far to indicate any other conclusion other than that determined by the autopsies conducted by ASCL. However, our Office attempts to always investigate our cases as conclusively as possible.
SCSO has been assisted in the investigation by Arkansas State Police CID, FBI, Homeland Security Investigations and the United States Secret Service. Sebastian County Prosecutor’s Office has been an integral part of this investigation as well.