Recently obtained court documents reveal new details and hint at the possible motive in a suspected murder in East Long Beach that investigators originally believed was a suicide.
The case began on Nov. 1 when authorities found Steven Stingley, a 72-year-old retired engineer, with a fatal bullet wound to his head in his home on Greenmeadow Road, just west of Long Beach City College’s Liberal Arts Campus.
They found the front door was unlocked and there were no signs of forced entry. Stingley still had $200 cash in his wallet and his Apple watch remained on his wrist, according to a search warrant filed in Long Beach Superior Court…