dt                SKELETAL REMAINS MAY BE MISSING KIDS                09/07/97 ================================================================================                              DAYTON DAILY NEWS                   Copyright (c) 1997, Dayton Newspapers Inc.DATE: Sunday, September 7, 1997             TAG: 9709070209EDITION: CITY          SECTION: NEWS        PAGE: 1A TYPE: MAJOR                     SKELETAL REMAINS MAY BE MISSING KIDS    A grisly discovery in a Champaign County field Saturday may be the end of amassive search for two Urbana children missing for nearly two months.   Two badly decomposed bodies were found shortly after 3 p.m. by a farmermowing hay near a cemetery at Ohio 560 and Nettle Creek Road.   The cemetery is about seven miles northwest of the home at 1311 Knight Roadwhere the children were last seen.   Champaign County Sheriff David Deskins would not confirm that the skeletalremains were those of India and Cody Smith, but said "it's a good possibility"because they match the approximate size of the children.   The Montgomery County Coroner's Office is expected to perform anexamination of the remains at 8 a.m. today with the help of an anthropologistskilled at bone analysis.   Cody, 5, and his sister, India, were reported missing July 9 by theirstepfather, Kevin Neal, who said he last saw them playing around 1:15 p.m. inthe sideyard.   Today would have been India's birthday.   * More details, 1B.LENGTH:   33 linesILLUSTRATION: COLOR PHOTOS: (2):          (#1) Cody Smith          (#2) India SmithCATEG: CRIME AND JUSTICE SUBJ: CHILDREN   MISSING   DISCOVERY   BODIES NA: INDIA SMITH   CODY SMITH GEOG: CHAMPAIGN COUNTY AT: SKELETAL REMAINS ENHANCER: ref1================================================================================ 4 of 1817, 1 Terms                                                             Transfer complete. Press [RETURN] to return to Menu: