Lily Amlie, 89, was a resident of the Kearsley Home, Christ Church Hospital, a Philadelphia nursing facility, when she was found dead in her room on June 1, 1983 (some listings give July 1, 1983, but the Anthony Joyner investigation places discovery on June 1). Her death was initially treated as natural because she was elderly and reportedly had heart problems, and early fatalities at the home went unrecognized as crimes.

After two more residents, Eugenia Borda and Mildred Alston, were found dead on July 19, 1983 with medical findings showing sexual assault and violence, authorities reexamined earlier deaths. Amlie’s body was exhumed; autopsy findings and statements attributed to former kitchen worker Anthony Joyner tied him to multiple killings at the home. Reports describe Amlie as having been raped and killed, with one account saying she was drowned in her bathtub.

Police linked Joyner to six elderly victims at Kearsley Home. He was arrested August 1, 1983, tried in 1984, and convicted in connection with the six murders.