( CNN ) -- A legal defense fund for Army Staff Sgt . Robert Bales , charged with 17 murders in a shooting rampage in an Afghan village , has been established , his wife said Saturday . With the support of Bales ' extended family , wife Kari formed The Staff Sergeant Robert Bales Legal Defense Fund , she said in a statement Saturday . Regarding the alleged March 11 massacre in Afghanistan , Kari Bales said she `` has no more information about what happened other than what the government and media have released . '' She said she `` can not even come close to covering the legal costs and fees that will accrue . '' `` Contributions to the defense fund are welcome only from donors who ( 1 . ) grieve with Mrs. Bales over the lives that were lost that night , and ( 2 . ) believe that in America everyone is entitled to a fair trial . Over time , the truth will come out . That 's why we have due process under the laws of our country . Unfortunately , due process is very expensive , '' Kari Bales ' statement said . Contributions to the defense fund , at P.O . Box 2774 , Seattle , Washington , 98111 , are n't tax deductible , she said . In addition to the 17 charges of murder `` with premeditation , '' 38-year-old Staff Sgt . Bales faces six counts of attempted murder and two counts of assault . Authorities say Bales left a remote outpost in Kandahar province 's Panjwai district early March 11 and went house-to-house , gunning down villagers . U.S. and Afghan officials initially said 16 people died in those attacks . Col. Gary Kolb , a spokesman with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force , on Friday said only that investigators assigned to the case felt they had evidence to charge Bales with 17 counts of murder . There was no immediate indication as to where the other fatality came from , besides the fact it was an adult , and Afghan government officials in Kabul have said they have no record of another death . The six people wounded in the shootings are four children , one woman and one man , according to the charge sheet against Bales . Two of those have been released from a hospital , said Ahmad Javed Faisal , a Kandahar provincial government spokesman . At the minimum , Bales would be sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole if he 's convicted on even one of the 17 murder charges , according to a statement from the U.S. Forces-Afghanistan public affairs office . At the maximum , he could face the death penalty . The Taliban , in an e-mail Friday to CNN , vowed `` strong revenge '' for the attacks and claimed justice wo n't be served in U.S. courts , which they said `` are not reliable . '' The Islamic fundamentalist group , which been battling coalition and Afghan government forces for years , believes that `` tens of American soldiers , and not one person '' are responsible for the killings , according to the message . `` We do n't believe in these ( American ) courts and reject the decision , '' the Taliban said . `` We will take practical revenge on every single American soldier . '' Bales , who was returned to the United States last week , is being held at Fort Leavenworth , Kansas .
Army Staff Sgt . The US military has been accused of using the term 'enemy' to describe civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan - a charge it denies. He is charged with 17 murders , six attempted murders , two counts of assaults . Fund appeals to donors who grieve with Mrs. Bales and believe in fair trials , she says .