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Charles Gholdoian

Death by Force
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On a Tuesday afternoon in Reno, Nevada, the bustling calm of a medical clinic was shattered by an act of premeditated violence that claimed the life of Dr. Charles Gholdoian, a respected 46-year-old male urologist. The events of December 17, 2013, unfolded when a lone gunman, identified as 51-year-old Alan Oliver Frazier from Plumas County, California, entered the Urology Nevada office on the third floor of a building on the Renown Regional Medical Center campus. Frazier was armed with a 12-gaug ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Charles Gholdoian

    Male

    White / Caucasian

    Reno

    NV

    2013-12-17

    46

    Charles

    Gholdoian

    11/10/2025

    Forum Posts (3)
    I've been following the tragic case of Dr. Charles Gholdoian's murder, and despite the time that's p... ...Read More
    06/03/2024
    I’ve been thinking a lot about the kind of person Dr. Gholdoian was and what he meant to his patie... ...Read More
    06/18/2023
    It’s so difficult to even try to comprehend how Dr. Charles Garo Gholdoian's family must be feelin... ...Read More
    02/03/2023
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