Larysa Zeryeva was a one-time minor character and victim who appeared in the cold open for Season 3's episode "Mr. Monk Gets Fired", dying at the age of 29. She was originally from Lithuania. She was murdered with a tire iron by Paul Henley and butchered with a chainsaw and pieces of her were discarded like she never existed. It was discovered that she donated a lot of her hair to a wig store a month prior to the murder and her torso was eventually discovered. Police Commissioner Robert Brooks was wearing a toupee that was made from her hair.
