If he was going to take her money and had her pin, I’d think since it was a debit card he could have went through an ATM, but it says ‘things of value’, and maybe he didn’t have her pin. Could have went on a shopping spree in somewhere like Cabellas or Patagonia for his new hiking trip he was planning on when getting back, his escape… gear, survival things and such. Survivalist off grid crap. My best guess.