Police launched homicide investigations into the deaths of Kelton and Amari Aaron shortly after being called out about 2 p.m. Monday for a welfare check at a house in the 4400 block of Johnson Street. Lauren Cross, The Times When longtime Gary residents hear the name Ralph Burney, they may recall him as a man of faith, a wedding singer, a neighbor, a friend and a fixture of the community. A current Gary resident with Burneyâs namesake remembers him simply as dad. Though Ralph Burney Jr. recalls his father fondly, he doesnât remember him as well as heâd like to. He never got the chance to.