Stolen computer & files missing... how to recover?

My computer was stolen three days ago.... long story short i found the guy and got it back. Now some files i have noticed are missing... is there a way i can recover these? It's a new computer and I am still making the transition from my previous one so i have not set up icloud/time machine/etc yet on this. Can I find a log of deleted items somewhere? Or can i 'go back in time' somehow to restore it? When i open up time machine, it says it has not been turned on. ANY HELP FIGURING OUT WHAT THIS GUY DID TO MY COMPUTER WOULD BE HELPFUL!

Can anyone help me make sense of this? or will this tell me anything important for this situation?

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