I feel like this happens more often than it should...which is obviously never. But did anyone notice how excited the female anchor is to report on this? She seems delighted, almost. Also the fact that the son apparently walked around naked outside of his house...what the fuck was he doing in there?
See, I wasn't going to make any Chris comparisons until the end, when they started talking about the son roaming around naked at night and having loud arguments with himself.
I can see Chris going without checking on Barb for a good long while if she got quiet, and maybe not noticing she was dead for a few hours, and I can also see him dithering a few hours more while he debated calling 911. He'd probably call Rocky first. Chris would want someone else to take care of this problem as quickly as possible.