Lone caretaker at Point Retreat Lighthouse found dead in apparent suicide

Lone caretaker at Point Retreat Lighthouse found dead in apparent suicide

A Big Lake man working as the operator and groundskeeper of the Point Retreat Lighthouse was found dead on Saturday due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Alaska State Troopers reported Tuesday. Joseph Alaniz, 42, was the only person at the lighthouse about eight miles west of Juneau on the northern tip of Admiralty Island, according to a troopers dispatch. “Lighthouse staff discovered Joseph after arriving by helicopter to replace his shift…