How did Trevor know that, the person in the grave was actually Brad?

[Spiderman]

Honestly, when Trevor looked at the grave, he said "As if I didn't know-Brad'. This means, he now knows, brad is death. But how does he actually know, Brad died. Brad looked different in the grave, 10 years later from Before. 10 years later, Brad looked like a normal person but after 10 years in a grave, he looked like someonelse/a completely different person. So, how did Trevor really know, it was brad in the grave?

[Spiderman]

Originally posted by Wumbologist:

yes, it was him

But how do you know? He looked different from what he looked like 10 years back

[Kurt]

Of course he looked different - his body had decomposed. However, he appeared to be buried in the same clothes he died in, and his features and hair were still recognisable.

[Spiderman]

Originally posted by Kurt:

Of course he looked different - his body had decomposed. However, he appeared to be buried in the same clothes he died in, and his features and hair were still recognisable.

Yeah, but Trevor couldn't see those clothes as it was hidden inside the grave. He looked more like Lamar but more scarier

[ShelLuser]

Originally posted by octoboy:

Yeah, but Trevor couldn't see those clothes as it was hidden inside the grave. He looked more like Lamar but more scarier

Why even assume that Trevor would bother himself with reasoning instead of simply going for what he wanted to see and use the whole thing as an excuse?

Not to mention all the stuff that led up to it. It wasn't only about Brad, but also Micheals grave which wasn't empty as they tried to make Trevor believe.

[kr3m]

OP: You telling me that if your friend/brother of 20+ years were buried, you wouldn't recognize the teeth arrangement that would make up their smile? You wouldn't be able to guage an approximate size/height from the skeletal remains? But best of all is the clothing buried in. Since Brad's burial was quiet and kept off the books, he wouldn't have been dressed in his favorite suit but would have been buried in whatever he was wearing the day he died.. which Trevor was there for that day..

[globefish23]

Dave Norton from the FIB has been sending faked letters to Trevor, who thought that Brad was incarcerated in Bollenbrook Penitentiary.
He also thought Michael was dead and buried in North Yankton.

Now suddenly Michael reappears, alive and well under a new identity courtesy of the FIB, and Trevor thinks that Michael's grave in North Yankton is empty.

That is, until he gets suspicious, flies over there and digs up the grave only to find the decomposed remains of Brad, all while Michael has followed him and is hell-bent on stopping him looking inside the grave.

Even if Brad's remains were completely unrecongnizable, it would now be very obvious for Trevor what happened.

[Laptop]

I sort of asked this same question 8 years ago:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/271590/discussions/0/535151589902181132/

Never quite got an answer, it seems to be a weak part of the story script where Trevor needs to have a reason to go to North Yankton to discover the truth about what happened in the prologue to tie up the story.

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As for the OP's question here, the body hadn't decomposed to the point it was unrecognisable so Trevor could tell it was Brad.

[Spiderman]

Originally posted by globefish23:

Dave Norton from the FIB has been sending faked letters to Trevor, who thought that Brad was incarcerated in Bollenbrook Penitentiary.
He also thought Michael was dead and buried in North Yankton.

Now suddenly Michael reappears, alive and well under a new identity courtesy of the FIB, and Trevor thinks that Michael's grave in North Yankton is empty.

That is, until he gets suspicious, flies over there and digs up the grave only to find the decomposed remains of Brad, all while Michael has followed him and is hell-bent on stopping him looking inside the grave.

Even if Brad's remains were completely unrecongnizable, it would now be very obvious for Trevor what happened.

How does he start thinking, Brad is dead?

[Staufackar]

bread

[globefish23]

Originally posted by octoboy:

Originally posted by globefish23:

Dave Norton from the FIB has been sending faked letters to Trevor, who thought that Brad was incarcerated in Bollenbrook Penitentiary.
He also thought Michael was dead and buried in North Yankton.

Now suddenly Michael reappears, alive and well under a new identity courtesy of the FIB, and Trevor thinks that Michael's grave in North Yankton is empty.

That is, until he gets suspicious, flies over there and digs up the grave only to find the decomposed remains of Brad, all while Michael has followed him and is hell-bent on stopping him looking inside the grave.

Even if Brad's remains were completely unrecongnizable, it would now be very obvious for Trevor what happened.

How does he start thinking, Brad is dead?

Because Michael suddenly wasn't dead, instead started a new life under a new identity in a different city in a huge mansion, orchestrated by the corrupt FIB agent, who arrenged the failed heist in North Yankton, while Trevor himself had to keep a low profile in the boondocks in Blaine County.

[kr3m]

Originally posted by globefish23:

Originally posted by octoboy:

How does he start thinking, Brad is dead?

Because Michael suddenly wasn't dead, instead started a new life under a new identity in a different city in a huge mansion, orchestrated by the corrupt FIB agent, who arrenged the failed heist in North Yankton, while Trevor himself had to keep a low profile in the boondocks in Blaine County.

Let's not forget that Trevor wanted to break Brad out of Bolingbrook.. Once it was discovered Brad's not really locked up, it automatically became a question of "Where's Brad?" factor in the above and Trevor did some solid math to add it up..