[mothered]

The delivery company appleexpress took a picture (door & package).

Was the package purely left at the doorstep and the photo taken without any other form of verification, signature or otherwise?

Correct. I was home sleeping and received an email with a link to the picture taken.

In that case, the photo Is useless for the fact that the package was dumped at your doorstep and left unattended.

As a result, you did not personally receive It. Anything could've happened to It- such as stolen by a passerby or perhaps the neighbor.