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Camilla Buchanan is a murder victim in the Season 5 episode Mr. Monk Is At Your Service. She was the wife of Ralph Buchanan and the stepmother of Paul Buchanan. She also had two daughters, Clara and Monica from a previous marriage. It was also her idea for the family foundation.

One day, Paul discovered that his father had died of a heart attack in the garage and panicked. He had a problem;  this would mean that Camilla would inherit everything and then pass it down to her daughters, leaving Paul with nothing. He conspired to make it look like Camilla had died first. He started by rushing over to Camilla, who was having tea at the time, and told her that there was an accident up the road. He drove her to a deserted highway with Ralph in the trunk. When Camilla was turned around, Paul bludgeoned her with a rock, put Ralph's body at the scene, and attempted to call 911, but failed as there was no signal. He walked down the road and called 911 posing as his father (who he sounded a lot like), before pretending to have a heart attack. This way, it would seem like Camilla died in a car crash before Ralph's heart attack, thus making Paul the next inheritor. His plot worked, and Paul inherited Ralph and Camilla's mansion. Adrian Monk and Natalie Teeger harbored suspicions of foul play, as Ralph was known to be a careful driver. Additionally, the circumstances surrounding the car accident indicated that he would have been unable to make the call due to poor cell phone reception at the scene.

Monk, who had been inadvertently hired to be Paul's new butler under the alias Adrian Melville pieced everything together, solving Ralph and Camilla's murder, and was able to save Natalie from being shot and killed by Paul. It can be presumed that with the truth coming to light Paul was arrested and Paul's stepsisters got the inheritance.

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