VANDERGRIFT MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER FACE CHARGES

A Vandergrift mother and a grandmother are facing charges for allegedly leaving five children without food or water in a filthy home.  Multiple felony counts have been filed against 35-year-old Heidi Beer and her mother, Leslie Keller.  Vandergrift police say Beer left her children, who range in age from nine to 16, alone for days without anything to eat and without running water while she stayed with her boyfriend in Pittsburgh.  The house was also littered with garbage and animal waste, according to authorities.  Investigators say Keller was aware of the conditions that her grandkids were living in and that they were left alone but she did not help them or contact authorities.