I am sure I am not the first person it has happened to and won't be the last but can someone explain to me why someone should go to the trouble of writing an email sending it, then sending a second with their picture and then go and delete their profile?
Depends on the person and the profile. Some are fakes, some are overwhelmed and not ready, some get turned off by the whole online process, some stumble on the site and upon further reflection were not interested and probably a whole bunch more reasons.
One never knows but I am sure there are many reasons both good and bad.