Overview
- Deputies conducting a Dec. 3 welfare check in Bonanza found 40-year-old Charity Beallis and her 6-year-old twins dead from gunshot wounds.
- The Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office says federal partners, including the Secret Service and Homeland Security Investigations, are assisting in the case.
- At least six search warrants have been served and roughly a dozen more are being pursued, with autopsy results still pending, according to officials.
- Her estranged husband previously pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery in October and was under a no-contact order; through his attorney he denies involvement, has cooperated, and has not been named a suspect to date.
- Court records show a final divorce hearing was held the day before the killings; the husband moved to dismiss the divorce after her death as relatives sought to keep the case and estate matters active.