Check the following log files:
To check if the files were deleted using FTP
/var/log/messages
To check if the files were deleted using file manager
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_log
If the files were deleted using shell access
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cat /usr/local/cpanel/version
and just grep for that version number in update logs:
grep PUT-YOUR-VERSION-HERE /var/cpanel/updatelogs/*
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