Four months later, the wife still insists Sgt Bales didn't massacre civilians in Afgahnistan.
"My husband did not do this. Did not do this," said Kari Bales in an exclusive interview with ABC News. "I truly believe from the bottom of my heart that my husband is not involved." Kari Bales said it is simply "incomprehensible" to her that her husband and best friend, "Bob," faces 16 charges of premeditated murder..."
How does a Mrs Sandusky or Mrs Bales accept the reality of being married to a monster? Article 32 investigation (pre trial hearing) begins today.

I've got a great deal of sympathy for both Sgt Bales and his wife. I am not - repeat not - condoning what he did. But I've had extensive conversations with someone I know who had a significant mental health issue develop while deployed. One of the things I've taken from those discussions is an understanding that people can have mental health issues that cause delusions, and that their behavior when they are suffering from those delusions can be extraordinarily abnormal for them - that they are, essentially, not the same person they usually are. If the delusions involve threats to friends, comrades, or family, and the person suffering from the delusions is well-armed and skilled at using those weapons, tragedy can very, very easily result.

Mrs. Bales is absolutely on the infamous Egyptian river. But understandably so. It's likely that what happened is totally and utterly inconsistent with the person she married.

For the military viewpoint, you can always catch up on CAAFlog - the source for military justice information.

I think Mrs. Sandusky's denial is more egregious: there is no way that she was unaware that Sandusky was repeatedly taking boys to the basement. Mrs. Bales had no such information.

She didn't know he had legal problems pending that were so serious he ran away to the army? I disagree. Like Sandusky she simply ignored any and all warning signs.

I had forgotten about that. That raises the question of why the Army accepted him.