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She died in 1970 which was pretty much smack bang in the middle of the Cold War, and just three years later many Soviet and Israeli spies were found to be living in Norway. All of her belongings were destroyed or sold at police auction not long after her funeral, leaving investigators few leads to follow. Police managed to identify hotels she stayed at while in Norway, all of which were filled out in either French or German, and although the woman used different names, addresses, and dates of birth, each time, she identified herself as Belgian. In the Isdal Womans case, there were prescription medications found among her belongings and the label had been removed from the packaging along with the prescription stickers which made it impossible to find out which country the medicine came from, nevermind who prescribed it and who they prescribed it to. She wore a Citizen Aqualand, model CQ-1021-50 watch, per Norwegian tabloid VG. Share. Former Candidate for Governor Charged With Murder of 12-Year-Old-Girl. Bizarrely, "Jennifer" was absent from her hotel room for the next 2 days based on data from the room's key cards, and no one remembers seeing her exit or enter her room, except once. Which if youve been keeping track of our time frame, basically encompasses a big chunk of the Soviet Union. The woman also had sweaters and trench coats, "many clothes for her upper body, but nothing from the waist down," the man says. She may have been a sex worker, a professional assassin, a flight attendant, a spy, or a totally different occupation altogether. Neues von der unbekannten Toten im Plaza Hotel in Oslo Jennifer Fergatehttps://t.co/MFA3TJs9FL pic.twitter.com/ixISHb5VLj, Internationaler Presse und Literatur Club (@kasaanmedia) December 3, 2019. Jennifer Fairgate. Almost all of the tags were removed from the womans clothing. ", Unsolved Mysteries is available on Netflix now. According to The Kasaan Times, several theories about who she was may have given clues to who may want her dead, but many of those were ruled out. It also showed significant wear typical of a weapon that has been taken in and out of a leather holster many times. Room 2805 was given. In 1970 and 1995 there were media campaigns to try and identify the Isdal Woman and Jennifer, both in Norway and in Belgium where it was thought that both of them were from, but these campaigns were unsuccessful, and nobody ever came forward to identify either woman. The shot heard first was believed to have been a test shot into a pillow found near the body. This is interesting. Fergates death was ruled a suicide because no other fingerprints were found in the room and the door was locked from the inside, yet other evidence, like how there were no traces of blood or gun powder residue found on her hand which still held the gun raised suspicions because simple physics and typical suicide scenarios show that these elements would be on the hands of someone who shot themselves. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Although the hotel staff had registered her under the last name 'Fairgate', she had signed the registration card as 'Fergate' and has been more commonly referred . However, there were several, seemingly innocuous details that suggested she didnt kill herself and that she was murdered. One person who has been considered Fergates possible murderer is a man simply known as Mr. F, who stayed at the hotel on the same floor as Fergate at overlapping times. Cause of death He said: Theoretically you would find both blood and gunshot residue, but in practice you dont always. In fact, Wegner's investigation reveals that Jennifer left the hotel for approximately 20 hours at one point. Paul S Amundsen. She spoke English and German, according to hotel employees. On May 31, 1995 a woman registered at the Oslo Plaza . ", Another tweeted: "My theory is that the woman is a spy. While a Rue de la Station, in Verlaine was located, further investigation shows that none of this information provided ever existed. No credit card, no drivers license, no wallet, no car keys, no home door keys, which people normally bring with them." (She left her room only a few times and for long intervals.) The police initially thought the woman had committed suicide. Here's what is known and what's still up in the air about Jennifer Fairgate. She was given room 2805, and gave the following while checking in, 0748 Rue de la Stehae, 7968, Verlaine, Belgium. #jenniferfergate #mystery #olsoplaza #horror #topsecret #room2805 #art #digitalart #aftereffects #photoshop #illustrator # # # ##, A post shared by TOPOLYA (@topolya_ya) on Oct 8, 2020 at 5:27am PDT. In May 1995 a woman checks into an expensive hotel. The judge ruled that Jennifer will have sole physical custody of the children, and both parents would share joint legal custody. It also meant that she would have been about 24 years old when she died. She spoke fluent German and English. Marital Status: Unknown Characteristics: White female. It tells the story of a young woman found with a bullet in her head in 1995 in a room at the Plaza Hotel in Oslo, Norway. Everything was fine till June 3, when the hotel manager noticed that the woman, who checked in as Jennifer Fairgate, did not give her credit card for her stay since it was an expensive hotel. The family quickly returned to the nearest town and contacted the police who began investigating. During her stay, she attempted to contact two invalid numbers in Seraing and Grace-Hollogne, Belgium. That night, the hotel's security guard was sent to investigate the "Do not disturb" sign that had been hanging on her doorknob for two days, plus a lack of response to payment notifications from the front desk. #115 - In 1995, a woman died inside the Plaza Hotel in Oslo, Norway, from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. This week weve got two cold cases from Norway which remain unsolved, the deaths of Jennifer Fairgate and The Isdal Woman. The woman who called herself Jennifer had claimed she was 21, but forensic pathologist believed she was 30, give or take five years. This Workout Torches Fat in Under 10 Minutes, How to Cool Down After Your Hardest Workouts. She had a gunshot wound to the forehead. The Oslo Plaza hotel is known for the mysterious death of an unidentified woman in 1995. ", Another tweeted: "My theory is that the woman is a spy. There were also no other items in the room to indicate who she was such as purse, wallet or passport. F was in room 2804, right across from "Jennifer's" room. Usually the police would contact Interpol (today Europol would likely be the first contact before Interpol), and officers local to her home address would track down the family and inform them of the death and help them make arrangements to collect or repatriate the body. 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Kaldager noted that intelligence operatives could easily break in and make the door look as though it was locked from the inside. There was no passport, an official says in the clip, which is "very rare, mainly because people [have] to have passport to come to Norway. On May 31, 1995, a woman checked into the Plaza Hotel in Oslo, booking a room on the 20 th floor. Postmortem interval ", A fellow fan of the series wrote: "Its strange how Jennifer was able to check in with no ID & 3 days into her stay a security guard knocked on her door & heard a gunshot at that exact moment and didnt immediately call police. What actually happened there is very hard to say, but I have a feeling that she was executed.. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. But the examination of her teeth massively increased the area where she might have been from. And the hotel security is paid by an organised intelligence agency to bypass protocols and allow the guest to check in so they could kill her.". Her death was ruled a suicide but due to recent developments, the question of whether she actually shot the gun has been reexamined. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. Naturally, the mysterious Lois is a person of interest, yet there is no proof he actually existed, according to VGTV. She may not have been a Soviet citizen, but she may have spent a large amount of her adult life there. Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. It was also noted that investigators never checked Fairgate for anything other than alcohol. Her phone number and zip code were also incorrect. However, Mister F. checked out on June 3, and before she was found dead. 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Whats the Deal With Intermittent Fasting for Weight Loss? However, she had arrived with a 'Lois Fairgate', who had been acting strangely and was never seen again after check in. The Browning 9 mm gun found in Fergates hand, with her finger still on the trigger, had the serial number removed by the use of acid, The Kasaan Times reported, deeming the weapon untraceable. Isotopic analysis carried out on Jennifer, found that she was born in 1971 in Eastern Germany, which at the time would have been the country of East Germany. But officers in Belgium were unable to find Jennifers family, or even any record of her living in the town, and nobody in the area recognised her. Gunshot (manner undetermined). Jennifer Fairgates death in an Oslo hotel room was ruled a suicide, but seemingly innocuous details suggested she was murdered, Sign up for the Daily Star TV newsletter for the biggest TV news. Her removing of clothing tags was also common for intelligence agents, he said. It was the first great wave of escape that had started during the siege of Sarajevo, bringing back the theory that she was some kind of intelligence operative. When the police attempted to identify the woman, they discovered she checked into the hotel three days earlier with a fake name. Censored crime scene photograph of Jennifer's body. It would also give investigators a better idea of what kind of person they were, what kind of income they had depending upon where they shopped, were the clothes from average high street stores or where they from more expensive, exclusive boutique shops which investigators could visit and ask staff if they recognised the woman. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. An extra duvet was in the room . She hadn't handed the receptionist a credit card. She was given room number 2805. The woman, fluent in German and English, checked into the Oslo Plaza Hotel in Oslo, Norway, at 10:44 PM, on May 31, 1995 . Redditors point out similarities to this suicide and others with believed espionage backstoriesincluding the Isdal Woman.. The guard heard gun shots at 7:50 p.m., but didn't go in the room immediately and left the area unmanned for 15 minutes to seek help. Of the several items of clothing still in the room, including bras and jackets, there were no pants, skirts or underwear, according to Germanys Kasaan Times. "Unsolved Mysteries" dedicated its "Death in Oslo" episode to a woman know as Jennifer Fairgate found dead in a hotelbut the Netflix show is not the first investigation of the case to find clues. Mr. F said he didnt know but he remembers being asked, according to Dark Ideas. Unidentified for A well-loved, church-going mother wound up dead after services. The Isdal Womans jawbone was never buried and had been retained along with organ samples for future examination. Who Was Jennifer Fairgate On Unsolved Mysteries? The woman also known as the Plaza woman's fingerprints did not match any in the Interpol database. View our online Press Pack. The still unidentified woman checked into room 2805 of the Oslo Plaza Hotel on May 31, 1995 and never checked out. MESSAGES. For me the two negative findings are an indication that she did not shoot herself, but not proof it is something that should be treated as a problem in the investigation.. "Jennifer" also checked a "Lois Fergate" into the room with her. Although there is still a chance that someone will recognise Jennifer from the composite images and artist impressions that have been created over the years, the Isdal Woman would have turned 90 this year, and time is running out for someone to come forward and identify her. I dont think Ive ever seen a case without any blood spots on the hand.. So finally, investigators were able to give the Isdal Woman a fairly accurate age; she would have been around 40 years old when she died. Looking for a new Netflix series to binge or the best movies to watch on Amazon Prime? Three days after the womans body was found in the Isdalen area, police found two suitcases at a train station in Bergen which had belonged to the woman, who became known as the Isdal Woman. Three days earlier, she had checked into the hotel under the name, "Jennifer Fairgate", but the name turns out to be fake and since she has no identification in her possession, the woman remains a Jane Doe. READ NEXT: Former Candidate for Governor Charged With Murder of 12-Year-Old-Girl, Jennifer Fergates Murder Suspects: Who Killed Her Theories, Please review our privacy policy here: https://heavy.com/privacy-policy/, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. In the case of Jennifer Fairgate, the single gunshot to the head was definitely the cause of death, but whether or not she pulled the trigger is the subject of much discussion. All attempts to identify "Jennifer" are unsuccessful, but there are a number of strange details to suggest she may have been a spy . Unsolved Mysteries fans have spotted a major oversight in the death of Jennifer Fairgate Credit: Handout. Although the DNA profiles have been distributed by Interpol, Norwegian law enforcement are not giving permission for them to be run through the main DNA sites such as Ancestry.com or GEDmatch. Why has no one reported her missing? Jennifer's death in a hotel room in Oslo, Norway in 1995 is one of the cases featured in the second season of the hit Netflix series. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. Where Is Murdaugh Murders Buster Murdaugh Now? Click here https://Harrys.com/Stephanie to get $5 OFF any Harry's shaving gift set! There was also no trace of the man named Lois Fairgate, and nobody has ever been able to identify or find him. A little recap of the case, detailed in Unsolved Mysteries Volume 2, Episode 2: In 1995, a body was found in room 2805 of the Oslo Plaza Hotel with a gunshot wound to the head. There are a number of similarities between the two women and the way they died. The so called "Plaza Woman's" death at the Oslo Plaza in Norway in 1995 was ruled a suicide, but the more investigators looked into the case, the more signs pointed to the possibility that the mysterious woman was murdered. Weight The other is the "Kambo" man, who was found dead in southern Norway in 1987. Looking for a new Netflix series to binge or the best movies to watch on Amazon Prime? Why did she check in under a false name? Anything? When investigators examined clothing belonging to each of the women, they found that all of the labels had been removed from each item of clothing. On June 3, 1995, the body of Jennifer Fairgate was found in Room 2805 of the Oslo Plaza Hotel, leading many to wonder if it was a suicide or a murder. Powered by. The Isdal Woman also was not without some strange goings on during her own hotel stays. UNSOLVED Mysteries fans have raged at a major oversight with hotel staff in missing Jennifer Fairgate's case. On May 31, 1995 a woman registered at the Oslo Plaza Hotel under the name of Jennifer Fairgate, accompanied by a man named Lois Fairgate. The victim still had her thumb on the trigger, and her fingers around the stock.