Who Was The Lady in Room 2805?

Jennifer Fairgate, a friendly woman who spoke with a German accent, checked into Room 2805 at the Oslo Plaza Hotel in Norway on May 31, 1995. She arrived alone and paid for the room in cash. Hotel staff did not request identification.

On June 3, hotel staff knocked on the door of Jennifer’s room. They heard a gunshot. Frightened, the employee ran to notify a security guard.

Police initially believed Jennifer had taken her own life. She was alone, holding a 9mm in her hand when found. It did not appear that anyone had entered the room. The door had been double locked from inside, making it difficult for anyone to enter from the outside. Yet, evidence left behind suggested that it could have been a homicide.

Firstly, detectives noted the woman misspelled Fairgate twice on hotel forms, spelling it Fergate. Most of us correctly spell our names. This led to speculations that the woman used a fake name to check into the hotel. Next, the woman used a non-existent address on the hotel forms.

Police spoke to hotel guests, but most offered little information. A couple of people claimed to have seen Jennifer with a man, identified as Lois Fairgate, on the day she arrived. Whether police reviewed camera footage at the hotel remains questionable.

Detectives noted several oddities as they investigated the case, leading them to consider the possibility that someone had killed Jenniger. All of the tags had been removed from her clothing, and she carried only tops with her. She did not have any pants, shorts, skirts, trousers, or other bottoms in her bag. Most people carry outfits when they travel.

Acid had been used to remove the serial number from the gun she carried.

Theories swirled as soon as the story hit the news. Some believed the woman’sbodyhad been staged to appear like a suicide. Others theorized she wanted to escape from her real life. But a Norwegian intelligence officer named Ola Kaldager had a more plausible explanation: the woman was an undercover spy who was tracked down and assassinated. Kaldager said it was common for agents to cut tags out of their clothing and travel without identification readily available. They also remove serial numbers from their guns.

Although theories swirled, the case went cold.

In 2016, Fairgate’s body was exhumed for officials to complete a DNA profile. The woman remains unidentified, but the information suggested that she was about 24-years old when she died. As another decade passes around the globe, the true identity of the woman in room 2805 and how she died remain a mystery.

Two other similar cases occurred in Norway. In 1987, the “Kambo” man was found dead near tracks in South Norway. He did not carry identification, and all the tags had been cut out of his clothing. The Isdal woman was found in Ice Valley, partially burned alive with poison in her stomach. She later died and was presumed to be a spy. The tags were missing from her clothes.

What do you think? Was Jennifer a spy? Or was some other mysterious situation going on? Did she not have family to look for her? Tell me what you think in the comment section below.

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