[65comet]

I don't remember what year they started the interior release, it wasn't mandatory by law till 2002, I'm pretty sure it was as part of that they started continuing the release on to the interior usually near the driver.
Many a trunk had to have either a call to a lock smith or a pry out of the lock unless the backseat could be removed and there was a straight shot to the lock from inside. The locksmith is self-explanatory.
The pryout/popout was done either if you didn't care about the trunk, first a screwdriver to get some pry motion behind the lock till a crowbar could get a bite then keep going till the lock popped thru the body clip that held it in place. Most of the time there would be damage to the trunk lid. Then a long thin screwdriver would be used to turn the lock as the flat rod from the lock would have. Until they started using an offset lock. Those were started to stop the trunk popping and did a good job of it. So for those it took real damage with a big crowbar just prying the lid, a locksmith or backseat entry.