Jennifer Fairgate case

In May 1995, an unidentified woman using the alias "Jennifer Fairgate" (or "Jennifier Fergate") checked into the Oslo Plaza Hotel (now Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel); she was found deceased days later in her hotel room under mysterious circumstances, with a gunshot wound to the head. Investigators eventually determined that the woman had committed suicide, but the mysterious circumstances of the death has led to speculation.

Due to scant evidence, the case remains one of Norway's most well-known cold cases.





== Background ==





=== Arrival at the Oslo Plaza Hotel ===

On May 31, 1995, at approximately 10:44 p.m., a woman registered at the Oslo Plaza Hotel under the name "Jennifer Fairgate", although she misspelled her alias twice on hotel forms as "Fergate". She claimed to be 21 years old, provided a fake address in Verlaine, Belgium, and noted that a man named Lois Fairgate would accompany her. Despite standard hotel procedures, she was not asked to present identification or a credit card upon check-in—a significant deviation from the norm.

Jennifer Fairgate was described as elegant, well-dressed, and composed. Witness accounts indicated she spoke fluent English and German with no discernible accent. Her check-in was unremarkable except for the absence of a companion. Lois Fairgate was never seen by hotel staff and his identity remains unknown.