In Arkansas, law enforcement is delving into the tragic shooting of a woman and her two children at their residence, coinciding with the final stages of her divorce proceedings.

The Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office revealed through a press statement that officers responded to a welfare check around 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday at a home located on the 1100 block of 1st Avenue in Bonanza, a small town bordering Oklahoma. Upon arrival, officers received no response after knocking.

Upon entry, facilitated by two workers at the premises, they discovered the bodies of 40-year-old Charity Beallis and her two children.

“The three appeared to have suffered gunshot wounds,” authorities reported.

Autopsies are scheduled to confirm the precise causes of death for all three individuals.

“Search warrants have been written and executed with more search warrants anticipated during the investigation. Interviews have taken place with more anticipated. Information is still being gathered,” deputies wrote.

Cops did not identify the two kids who both were about 6 years old.

While no arrests have been made, local media outlets report that Beallis and her husband were in the midst of a divorce. She and her husband, a local doctor, had just attended a court hearing two days before she and her two children were found dead. On Wednesday — the same day she and her kids were found dead — her husband’s lawyer filed a motion to dismiss the case.

Local CBS affiliate KFSM obtained court documents that said Beallis’ husband was arrested in February for choking his wife in front of their children. He pleaded guilty to third-degree battery in October and received a one-year suspended sentence and was ordered to pay over $1,500 in fines.

Charity Beallis filed for divorce in March and used the incident as a reason for her to have sole custody of her kids. It’s unclear if she received that as part of the divorce settlement.

In August, she posted the following comment to an unrelated KFSM news story on Facebook, according to the TV station.

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.

I’ve tried to reach Prosecuting Attorney Daniel Shue, but he won’t even accept a letter from me. 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.

Charity Beallis’ father said he believes her husband is responsible for her death.

“There’s nobody else in the world that had any reason to harm her or those babies but him,” said Randy Powell. “And that was only for the financial gain and the hatred he had.”