Concerning that his son is about to become a victim of credit fraud, Michael hides in the vehicle and confronts Franklin. Nine years later (2013), Franklin Clinton, who works as a vehicle repossessor at a car dealership, along with his friend Lamar Davis, is asked to recover a vehicle belonging to Michael’s son Jimmy, who is behind in the payment of its acquisition. Michael is presumed dead and is placed under witness protection by the corrupt FIB agent Dave Norton, a close friend of the same, thus transferring him with his family to Los Santos (San Andreas) with a new identity: “Michael De Santa”. But everything goes wrong because Dave instead of shooting Trevor, shoots Brad and Trevor escapes.
Michael, wanting to escape from that life then, plans a fake heist alongside corrupt federal agent Dave Norton (Dave had to kill Trevor and arrest Brad while Michael faked his death).
In 2004, Michael Townley, Trevor Philips, and Brad Snider were bank robbers living in Ludendorff, in the state of North Yankton (based in North Dakota ).
