"I just want justice," the woman's father said after the court appearance for her accused killer Thursday.
TRENTON -- On Monday night, 22-year-old Deja Farrior-Quinones got into her car and drove to visit her nieces and kiss them goodnight.
On Thursday morning, her extended family filed into a Mercer County courtroom to face the man accused of killing her as she drove through a Hamilton intersection Monday night.
A prosecutor - and her family - say she is an innocent victim.
Deja Farrior, 22, was killed in a crash following a police chase (Facebook profile photo used with permission from the family) Chandler Heaviside, 22, of Jackson, is accused of crashing into and killing Farrior-Quinones after fleeing from State Police troopers during a pursuit from Trenton to Hamilton.
Mercer County prosecutors have said he was high on drugs, carrying heroin and ran from troopers after the crash on South Broad Street.
Heaviside appeared by video during a bail hearing Thursday morning, during which Superior Court Judge Timothy Brown raised his bail from $572,500 to $650,000. Brown cited the seriousness of the crime and Heaviside's history of drug offenses as reasons for the increase.
For Farrior-Quinones' family, who came out in droves Thursday morning, the hearing was obviously emotional.
Her father, Terence Farrior, hung his head and sobbed as Mercer County Assistant Prosecutor Skylar Weissman described the Monday night events.
Weissman said the incident began when troopers believed they witnessed a drug deal and tried to pull over a Chevy Trailblazer they thought was involved. The SUV - which Heaviside was driving - took off, and troopers gave chase.
Officials have said the alleged drug transaction took place in Trenton's West Ward.
State Police said Wednesday the chase proceeded to Route 29, and then Interstate Route 195, first eastbound, then westbound, before Heaviside got of the highway at Exit 2 - which leads to South Broad Street in Hamilton.
The State Police have said Exit 2 is where the troopers ended the pursuit.
But Heaviside continued on, Weissman said Thursday, adding that Heaviside finally stopped when he crashed into Farrior-Quinones' car on South Broad Street and then fled the area on foot.
He was captured by state police a short distance away and was arrested, along with the other two men in his car, Lawrence Sears, 28, and Harry Remington III, 25.
Family seeks justice for daughter
"He took an innocent life here," Weissman said, before asking Brown to increase Heaviside's bail to $1 million. He added that Heaviside has a litany of prior charges, including drug offenses and assault.
"If he does make bail... who knows what he might do again?," Weissman said.
Kathleen Redpath-Perez, a public defender representing Heaviside, said the 22-year-old's family relied on him for money and that locking Heaviside away would cause them financial hardship.
Heaviside isn't a flight risk, she said, because he needs to stay in the area to support his family.
"Isn't that part of the reason this action has occurred? Because he was a flight risk?" Brown asked in court.
In response, Redpath-Perez raised questions about the state troopers' response Monday night and the investigation in general.
Redpath-Perez said it was possible that Heaviside wasn't the driver of the car and that, in the hectic aftermath of the crash, troopers could have arrested and accused the wrong man.
Redpath-Perez also questioned whether troopers were right in pursuing Heaviside's car for as long as they did. She said that despite State Police claims that they stopped the pursuit immediately after exiting the highway, some witnesses have said troopers continued chasing Heaviside into the city.
Chandler Heaviside It's a question shared by Robin Lord, an attorney representing Farrior-Quinones's family, who sat with them in court Thursday.
After the hearing Thursday, Lord said she had also spoken with witnesses around the scene who have said three unmarked vehicles, two with lights, were still pursuing Heaviside just before the crash.
She also questioned why troopers chased Heaviside so far for a drug stop. Lord added that she plans to file an internal affairs complaint against the state troopers involved.
For family members who gathered outside the courtroom after the hearing Thursday, the pain of the loss was still very raw.
"I just want justice," Farrior-Quinones' father said after the court appearance.
One cousin of Farrior-Quinones', who didn't identify himself, called Farrior-Quinones the "baby of the family."
He and Farrior-Quinones grew up together, he said, and he recalled late nights when the two would sneak snacks from the kitchen as children. Her family members did not worry about her, he said.
"I called her a goody two shoes," her cousin remembered, crying as he spoke Thursday. "She wanted the best for anybody."
They say that was evident in her final act - when Farrior-Quinones got in her car late on Monday evening to kiss the her nieces good night.
"That's just the kind of person she was," he said.
Anna Merriman may be reached at amerriman@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @anna_merriman.