Friends of fatal beating victim share void, support one another

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A close-knit group of friends from Cheektowaga normally gather at each other’s houses or parties for fun. Wednesday, and for the past several, they’ve gathered beneath a tree in the grassy median of an apartment complex, to remember.
“It should have been anybody else except him,” said Melody Doughty, 19, of Depew, one of Justin Vanderwalk’s closest friends. “He seriously was the last person on earth that I ever thought wou