Residents have been left scared and in the dark after a missing woman was found dead in a Swindon suburb.

Police descended on Lennox Drive in Walcot on Thursday before later announcing that they had discovered a body.

Officers had been searching for missing Swindon woman Danielle Geraghty, from Walcot, who was last seen at 2am on Wednesday.

The 30-year-old’s disappearance had left police saying that they were “extremely concerned” about her welfare.

Swindon Advertiser: Police were seen at Lennox Drive in Swindon.Police were seen at Lennox Drive in Swindon. (Image: Newsquest)

Residents around Lennox Drive have revealed how they have been left in the dark over what has happened and how the situation is scary while anonymously speaking to the Adver.

A woman in her 30s, who lives around the corner from where police were, said: "We saw all the police out here this morning around near that shed and we all wondered what was going on.

“People around here are saying that they found a body.

“The police must have only left just before 2pm and I don't know how long they were there for but it felt like a while. No one really knows what's for sure what's going on."

Another woman in her 20s added: "We were watching them all turn up from the window down the street.

“It's a bit scary really if what everyone's saying is true and there was a dead body in there."