Raymond Novak was a foster parent alongside his wife, Janet.
When Tommy ended up with Mr. Monk after he and Janet lost custody due to him finding a severed pinky, it was revealed that he and Janet had kidnapped Daniel Carlyle, a violinist from a wealthy family and cut off his pinky, which Tommy had found in Janet's purse. His wife let slip the fact that Tommy found a pinky when Social Services removed him from their home, and Monk pointed out that the autopsy report on the severed finger had never been released to the public. He and Janet were arrested for kidnapping after the SFPD S.W.A.T. team breached his house.