Found the problem. The wires were cut inside of the cover mid-way the trunk. Dont know how this happened but I was very happy to find it. As I was tracing the ground wires, I found one loose wire while pulling it for some slack up in the trunk by the rear seat. Then I tried the other wires; all were cut 6" down the cover tube. I repaired all of the lines and now I have license plate lights and trunk lights!!!