FAYETTE COUNTY — Fayette County authorities are investigating two different in-home death scenes found Thursday.

Fayette County Coroner Dave Harris said 53-year-old Jess Francis was found in his rural Beecher City home and was pronounced dead by at 12:05 a.m.

An autopsy was performed later Thursday at HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital in Effingham. Results are pending.

Later Thursday, Harris pronounced 43-year-old Curtis Schwarm of Vandalia was found dead at 5:40 p.m. An autopsy on Schwarm is being performed today at St. Anthony’s.

Schwarm’s death is still being investigated by the Vandalia Police Department and the Fayette County Coroner’s Office.