Warped Hawaii couple are convicted of stealing dead babies’ identities to escape their debts: Pair had eight passports between them and were once feared to be Russian spies

A disturbed Hawaiian couple who once feared they were Russian spies have been convicted of stealing the identities of dead babies to escape their debts.

Gwynn Darle Morrison and Walter Glenn Primrose took over the lead identities of deceased Texas babies Julie Montague and Bobby Fort for decades.

The couple, in their late 60s, had eight passports between them and previously raised alarm bells when photos of them posing in KGB uniforms were unearthed.

During the trial in U.S. District Court in Honolulu, the president referred to the couple by their assumed names.

But at the start of his hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Muehleck said the real Bobby Fort existed more than 50 years ago. The baby had “a bad cough” and lived for three months, Muehleck said.

Walter Glenn Primrose (left) and Gwynn Darle Morrison (right) are convicted of stealing the identities of dead Texas babies in an attempt to escape their debts

Prosecutors initially appeared to suggest the couple could be Russian spies after producing Polaroids showing them posing in KGB uniforms

One of the witnesses who testified was Tonda Montague Ferguson, who said she was in eighth grade when her mother gave birth to her sister, Julie Montague, in 1968. But the child had birth defects and died about three weeks later, Ferguson said.

The two babies were buried in Texas cemeteries 15 miles apart, Muehleck said.

Jurors deliberated for about two hours before reaching guilty verdicts Monday, court records show.

The couple had attended the same high school in Texas and were staying with a classmate who told prosecutors they had discussed changing their names to avoid their debts. CBS reports.

Primrose even used his false identity, which made him 12 years younger, to join the Coast Guard and obtain a secret security clearance, which then allowed him to get a job as a U.S. defense contractor, according to Hawaii Public Radio.

The newspaper reported that the couple left Texas in the 1980s and told friends they were entering a witness protection program.

Meanwhile, Primrose claimed to be a government agent who could not be photographed. They remarried under their false identities in 1988, court records show.

The couple had argued in court that their actions did not harm anyone.

The couple was arrested at their Kapolei home in Hawaii and has since been found guilty of making false statements in the application for and use of a passport, conspiracy charges and aggravated identity theft.

They now face a prison sentence of up to 10 years on charges of making false statements when applying for and using a passport.

They face a maximum of five years for conspiracy and mandatory two-year prison terms for aggravated identity theft.

The case made headlines following their arrests last year, after prosecutors suggested it was more than just identity theft.

They took Polaroids of the couple wearing jackets that resembled authentic KGB uniforms.

An invisible ink kit, documents with coded language and military map bases had also been discovered in CBS reports.

The couple’s lawyers said they once wore the same jacket for fun, and prosecutors later ruled out any Russian spy scheme.