A CHILLING discovery has been made in the investigation into the brutal murder of a mother and her six-year-old twins in Arkansas.
The personal belongings of the victims were found in a dumpster just days after the trio were gunned down down in their family home.
Charity Beallis, 40, and her two young children were found with gunshot wounds in the family’s $760,000 home on December 3.
Their lifeless bodies were discovered during a welfare check amid a bitter divorce battle with her estranged and violent doctor husband.
Officers arrived at the family home on First Avenue in Bonanza shortly before 9.30am.
After receiving no answer, they entered the residence to discover the bloodied bodies.
Charity and her two children were then transported to the Arkansas Crime Lab in Little Rock to determine the exact cause and timing of death.
Three days after their harrowing murder, a dumpster diver found a large black garbage bag in Fort Smith, about 10 miles from the family home.
It contained an engraved gold necklace bearing the names of Charity’s kids, framed family photos, and children’s artwork and homework.
There were also several documents with the mother’s name and address, and what appeared to be a religious painting.
The woman who made the discovery said she retrieved the bin bag from the dumpster but did not examine the contents until the following morning.
When she realised the items belonging to the murdered family, she immediately contacted the cops.
After turning everything over to the police, she lead detectives to the dumpster before meeting with Charity’s oldest son, John Powell.
She spoke with Powell and his lawyer to share the full account of her story.
Powell said when he later raised the discovery with a detective assigned to the case, the response caught him off guard.
“How did you find out?” the detective allegedly asked.
The authorities are yet to make any arrests or reveal any information about potential suspects in the case.
The bodies of the family members were discovered the day after Charity had attended a divorce hearing with her estranged husband – Dr Randall Beallis – in Sebastian County Courthouse.
The practising physician was awarded joint custody of the kids.
The pair – who tied the knot in 2015 – separated in March after the 56-year – old choked his wife at the home in front of their children.
He was subsequently arrested for domestic violence and pleaded guilty.
He was handed a one-year suspended sentence and ordered to pay more than $1,500 in court fees.
In the aftermath, Charity uploaded screenshots of a Daily Press newspaper article about domestic violence.
A judge also barred him from contacting Charity or any of her family members unless authorised by the court.
Charity feared her husband was going to harm her family so badly that she asked Arkansas Republican State Senator Terry Rice for help getting protection earlier this year, eventually obtaining a restraining order.
The Daily Mail revealed Randall Beallis’ previous wife also died from a gunshot wound in 2012, a death that was ruled a suicide.
However, his legal team insist their client is innocent.
On the day she was found dead, Randall’s attorney filed a motion to dismiss the divorce case because “the plaintiff passed away”.
This move would legally classify him as a widower.
“Mr. Beallis was not responsible for the death of Mrs. Beallis nor his children’s deaths,” said his attorney, Michael D. Pierce.
“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.”
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or chat at thehotline.org.