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On Tuesday, an Arkansas mother bravely represented herself against her ex and his attorney at the final divorce/custody trial, as her own attorney had recently abandoned her.
But the next morning at 9:30 am, she and her 6 year-old twins were found dead in their home. It is unclear whether the murder took place the evening of the hearing or the next day, but it was less than 24 hours after the trial concluded.
The mother was shot twice, once in the chest and once in the head. The children were shot once each. It is being investigated as a homicide.
The police have not named her ex an official suspect yet, but virtually everyone is convinced he murdered them given his long history of domestic violence, which included strangulation, a known precursor to murder. Family members have accused him of abusing them, as well.
To add to the suspicion, his previous wife also died of a gunshot wound. The manner of death was deemed a suicide, but her family is convinced he murdered her and now want the case reopened.
Charity was working as a nurse when she met a doctor named Randy. He was a specialist in rehabilitative medicine.
They married in 2016. Charity gave birth to twins in 2019.
Charity told friends about a long history of domestic violence and that she was afraid of him. His abuse peaked in February of this year with an especially horrific incident including strangulation. This violence occurred in front of the twins.
Randy ended up pleading guilty to simple battery. He practically killed her and did not spend a day behind bars. Typical.
Despite Randy’s horrific, long history of violence, and Charity’s credible fear he may murder her and/or the children, Judge Shannon Blatt gave him unsupervised visits with the 6 year-old twins.
Charity says she was treated like the problem while Randy was “shielded by the very system that’s supposed to protect us”.
Source: Mama & Kids Murdered Less than 24 Hours after Custody Trial