Mail 5.3 won't delete emails

I have been using Mail for years with no problem but all of the sudden it will no longer delete emails. My kids sometimes use my laptop so maybe someone acidentaly changed a setting but I am at my wits end here.
I have 3 email accounts gmail, comcast, icloud
When I delete an email it disapears - BUT - then it magically reappears in Mail.
When I delete emails they also do not go into the trash folders.
I am having to log on individually to all three email accounts and delete messages from their interface. Total waste of my time.
I have looked at the settings in preferences - behaviors and I have checked "Move deleted messages to the trash mailbox" I did not check "Store deleted messages" I selected permanetly erase deleted messages when "one week old".
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks - Jennyrae4

Back up all data. Rebuild the mailbox. Try to delete the messages again.

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