Over the past week or so the media announced that the suspect in the case used Kylie's cash-card at a local ATM, but due to errors (which the banks never seem to make when taking money from us!) the potential for a photo of the suspect was erased.
Now even after studying most of the available information I cannot figure out if the suspect made two or three attempts at withdrawing money. As mentioned, three attempts normally results in the card being withheld by the machine and a fraud attempt logged. Two attempts and the suspect would retain the card. (I will elaborate on the two attempts later.)
I recently spoke to a close contact who is, for want of a better term, an 'ATM' expert. I asked for his expert opinion on the ATM side of the case and he replied: ("I am very surprised that the photos cannot be retrieved, unless the bank has a policy of deleting the photos due to a strict privacy law, most companies back up their data files on a regular and rotating basis often to virtual tapes now, basically lots of cheap hard disk drives and therefore are able to restore almost anything. Additionally and certainly here in the (Edited for identity protection) legal hold requirements (for when we get sued) requires us to retain information for a considerable period of time.
Fumbling the search of card number usage does not provide much hope but they should be able to;
1. Detect the exact pattern of ATM usage, including the failed PIN attempts including the precise date and time. Information of this type does not get deleted, generally because the bank likes to prove customer fraud.
2. Provide specific contact details for the banks own customers using that ATM, or an ATM nearby, or branch facilities at that time. Additionally they should be able to reach out to other banks by providing the card numbers to them and hoping that the police receive peoples contact detail in return.
3. If the exact time of ATM usage was known then other CCTV footage in the area could be scoured for additional evidence."
So, if the suspect retained the card then it makes sense that he/she would attempt to use it again at a different location at a different time, possibly at another bank's ATM or a no-name. Cross-referencing the card number at other banks and locations may yield a cross match.