Dated term for one's whereabouts; modern Japanese normally uses 行方 (ゆくえ).
See also: 行方 (ゆくえ)
Nobody knew his whereabouts.
Standard kanji spelling for the reading ゆきがた.
Compound of 行き (ゆき, 'going') + 方 (かた, 'direction'), literally 'direction of going', which came to mean 'whereabouts'. The reading ゆきがた is older; modern ゆくえ is more common.