IPhone doesn't really delete photos?

I'm not sure if this is a bug in the OS or a side effect of some setting or app.
iPhone 5s 64gb, iOS 7.0.1
I took 3 photos on the phone. I then deleted them from the Photos app. When I go in there, and go into Camera Roll, it says "No Photos or Videos".
I wanted to save a PNG (with a transparent background) file from an e-mail that I received. I tapped on the file, held my finger down, and when the sub menu came up, I clicked "Save Image".
I then went into my Photos app, and in the camera roll there is one image. The transparent PNG file is there, but it's overlayed on the first photo that I took and then deleted! I then tried to save the PNG from the same e-mail again, and a new image appeared in Camera Roll. It was the transparent PNG overlayed on the second photo that I took and deleted! I tried it again and it was overlayed on the 3rd photo I took.
I deleted all of the images, powered the phone on and off, and tried the same steps again and the same behavior occurs.
So it appears as though my phone is not actually deleting the images that I took.

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