Alliance police are investigating two deaths.

Police Chief John Kiss says that the first body was discovered Monday around 6 p.m. in the 800 block of Emerson.  Police and EMS personnel were called to the home were the body of a 40-year-old man was found in the resident’s basement.    The male was a resident of the home.

The second body was discovered around 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, when police received a call which reported a male leaned up against a fence in the 1300 block of West Third.

A Native American was found and his identification is pending.