Mum found dead next to twins, 6, buried alone as bodies given to abusive ex-husband - The Mirror

Charity Beallis, who was found shot dead on December 3, was buried alone after the bodies of her children were turned over to her abusive ex-husband amid a divorce battle

A mum who was found dead alongside her six-year-old twins was buried alone despite her family's wishes after her children's remains were given to her abusive ex-husband.

Charity Beallis, 40, and her twin daughter and son were found shot dead at their home in Bonanza, Arkansas during a welfare check on December 3. Beallis had been embroiled in a tumultuous divorce battle with her ex-husband, and she and her children were found dead just one day after a divorce hearing where Charity was fighting for full custody

Near the scene of the crime, some of the family’s belongings had been thrown in a dumpster and discovered three days later, including framed photos, children's artwork, and a gold necklace engraved with the names of Charity's twins. Her ex-husband, Dr Randall Beallis, had previously been arrested for domestic violence when he choked her, and he pleaded guilty to third-degree battery. The doctor was ordered to have no contact with Charity or her family, unless authorised by a court order.

Now, he has sold custody of the twins' remains after he was originally awarded joint custody of the children the day before they were killed. Charity's body was released to her eldest son, John Powell, 24. He laid his mum to rest on December 29, describing the situatoin to the Daily Mail as "sickening."

"I was hoping to have them all in the same place, as they deserved and how they would have wanted it. It’s just been a lot," he said. "I don’t even know if the kids have been buried, or cremated, or where they may be. I don’t know anything at the moment, because [Randall] has told me nothing. It’s heartbreaking."

Charity told her eldest son she had been "terrified" during the custody battle and left a comment on a local news story saying she was being "shut out" by everyone she turned to for help, including a local prosecutor. She wrote: "I'm living thi 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.

"My voice, as the victim, has been shut out. This is not just about me - this i sabout a system that protects offenders and rejects victims. Lives are at stake, including the lives of young children." John said his mum told him she was "going to need all the help she could get because she knew it wasn't going to end good if he didn't get what he wanted."

Randall's attorney previously told the New York Post that he was "heartbroken" over the deaths of Charity and their twins, and that he maintained his innocence. "Mr. Beallis was not responsible for the death of Mrs. Beallis nor his children’s deaths," his attorney, Michael D. Pierce, told The Post. "Mr. Beallis has been cooperative with law enforcement and fully supports the Sebastian County Sheriff’s office investigation. We hope that the sheriff’s office finds the truth about what happened to Mrs. Charity Beallis and their children."

He added that Randall had "given a voluntary interview and allowed access to anything requested by the Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office in their investigation." The three deaths are still under investigation and police have not named Randall Beallis as a suspect.